WEDNESDAY WARS

SEPTEMBER

• "Evil can be portrayed through actions."
• Holling believes Mrs. Baker "hates his guts."
• "That's how it is with people who are plotting something awful." (22)

OCTOBER

• "Everyone makes mistakes."
• Holling accidentally gets chalk dust on Mrs. Baker's cream puffs.
• "The chalk had fallen gently upon each one of the cream puffs." (33-34)

NOVEMBER

• "The most different people can acquire similar interests."
• Mrs. Baker and Holling find a common ground when they read Shakespeare.
• "The quality of mercy is not strained." (71)

DECEMBER

• "An act of kindness can go a long way."
• Mrs. Baker invites famous baseball players to play with Holling and his friends
• "The balls struck soft and deep in the pockets of the gloves." (99)

JANUARY

• "Brave acts will change the way the world looks at you."
• Holling saves his sister from a school bus.
• "The right rear bumper of the bus caught me where I had worn my white feathers." (124)

FEBRUARY

• "Don't trust anyone."
• Holling gives Meryl Lee the blueprints to his dad's architecture plan for the new junior high school.
• "Meryl Lee stared at my drawing, then went back to sipping her Coke. (144)

MARCH

• "People may have hidden qualities."
• Mrs. Baker helps Holling prepare for his running tryout.
• "What you look like...is Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics running like that." (168)

APRIL

• "Perseverance can override talent."
• Holling races in the cross country race and passes all of the eighth graders.
• "When I hit the trail I was ahead of them, and we were all sprinting." (207)

MAY

• "Friendship and kindness comes in handy in bad situations."
• Heather runs away from her family and Holling helps bring her home.
• "Holling," she said, "I was so worried I wouldn't find you." (233)

JUNE

• "Life has deeper meanings than it seems."
• Mrs. Baker takes the kids camping in the woods.
• "We ran into the woods and swatted at them with pine branches." (255)