Newbery Honor
(Grades 5-9) Poor Holling Hoodhood is stuck with Mrs. Baker, his seventh grade teacher, every Wednesday afternoon while the rest of the class goes to religious classes. Holling just knows that Mrs. Baker can't stand him. His belief is confirmed when Mrs. Baker has Holling read Shakespeare's plays so that they can discuss it during their time together. Set in the 1960's, Schmidt creates some very likeable and memorable characters. I loved this book. You need to meet these fun characters and let Holling teach you about Shakespeare, cream puffs, rats, and bullies. I wish more books were written like this. Books that make you laugh out loud and cry along with characters. Books with characters that you wish were real. Books that you hate to see end. Books like this make students want to read. They create readers. If you don't pick up this book and love it as much as I did, I say, "Toads, beetles, bats!"
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