WEDNESDAY WARS

SEPTEMBER

• "Evil can be portrayed through actions"
• Holling believes Mrs. Baker is out to get him
• "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)