• The Wednesday Wars

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    The Wednesday Wars
    Gary D. Schmidt
    Clarion Books, 2007
    Historical Fiction
    ISBN: 0618724834
    < 272 pages
    Newbery Honor Book

    Synopsis

    Holling Hoodhood is a normal 7th grader, just trying to get by and emerge from middle school as unscathed as possible. However, his new teacher Mrs. Baker has made this a bit difficult for him.

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    A Swiftly Tilting Planet

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    A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Book 3 – The Time Quintet)
    Madeleine L’Engle
    Square Fish, 1978
    Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN: 0312368569
    224 pages

    Synopsis

    Now fifteen, the genius boy Charles Wallace Murry from A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door is taken on another unique adventure. A major threat to their world has emerged, and within 24 hours the deranged dictator will destroy everything with an onslaught of nuclear war.

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