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Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.

In this Newbery Honor–winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him. Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn't happy. He is sure his new teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Throughout the school year, Holling strives to...

Two-time Newbery Medal winner Gary Schmidt talks about the frequently comic mishaps and adventures of a 12-year-old Long Island boy in the Vietnam era. Actor Khris Lewin performs an excerpt from the book. Thalia Kids' Book Club events are lively talks between children's book authors and their fans (ages 9-12) plus one event for teens. Each event includes a creative writing project, a free-wheeling discussion with the audience, and a book signing. Sometimes an actor stops by to read from the book.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! It is a dark and snowy night when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to colonial times. General George Washington is about to lead his army in a sneak...

Interview mit Florian Ripka, Geschäftsführer von KIRCHE IN NOT Deutschland. Die Aktion „Red Wednesday 2022“ des weltweiten katholischen Hilfswerks „Kirche in Not“ (ACN) in Deutschland ist am Samstag (26. November) mit einem „Abend der Zeugen“ im Mainzer Dom zu Ende gegangen. Deutschlandweit haben in diesem Jahr knapp 170 katholische und evangelische Pfarreien ihre Kirchen als Zeichen der Solidarität mit weltweit verfolgten und diskriminierten Christen rot angestrahlt sowie Gebets- und Informationsabende zum Thema Religionsfreiheit veranstaltet. Höhepunkte in Kathedralen – ...

Big Wednesday, based on the cult 1978 film by the same name, follows three California beach buddies begin to realize there is more to life than waxing down their surfboards as they ditch their alcoholic and unruly ways to go fight in the Vietnam War. When they reunite 10 years later, they find that things in Malibu are much different after fighting a war.