The Wednesday Wars

喜劇不只是要讓你笑，
還要讓你知道
──你可以勇敢的選擇一個好的結局

　　每個星期三下午，班上的同學一半到猶太教堂上希伯來文，一半到天主教堂上教義問答，唯一的基督徒何令只好在教室和貝克太太讀莎士比亞劇本。沒想到原以為苦的差事竟然給他意外的啟示，讓他敢於向父親直言：真正的男子漢絕不是只要有一份好工作而已，至於還要些什麼……嗯！他還小，才七年級，等他想到了，就會告訴你。

This Newbery Honor tale is now in paperback!

Holling Hoodhood is really in for it.

　　He's just started seventh grade with Mrs. Baker, a teacher he knows is out to get him. Why else would she make him read Shakespeare . . . outside of class?

　　The year is 1967, and everyone has bigger things than homework to worry about. There's Vietnam for one thing, and then there's the family business. As far as Holling's father is concerned, nothing is more important than the family business. In fact, all of the Hoodhoods must be on their best behavior at all times. The success of Hoodhood and Associates depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has Mrs. Baker to contend with?

作者簡介

蓋瑞．施密特（GaryD.Schmidt）

　　和太太住在美國密西根州的農場，有六個孩子。目前任教於密西根州凱爾文大學英文系，同時從事寫作。他寫作的範圍包括文學研究專書、傳記，也有給青少年和兒童閱讀的短篇故事與小說。同時，他還擔任學術書籍的編輯。在蓋瑞眼中，每個人的人生背後都有一套隱含的模式，這些模式是所有人類共通的，每個人也都在這些模式中掙扎著尋找人生的意義；而他的小說和學術著作，正努力企圖對抗這樣的宿命。他希望青少年能從他的小說中了解世界，並學習認識自我。

　　Gary D. Schmidt is the author of the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. His most recent novel is The Wednesday Wars. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.