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Publication
New York Clarion Books 2007.
Description
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2010)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2010)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2008)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2010)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2010)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2009)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2011)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2008)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2011)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Medalist — 2008)
Society of Midland Authors Award (Winner — Children's Fiction — 2008)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2010)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2010)
Mitten Award (Honor — 2007)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2019)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2010)
IBBY Honour Book (2010)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2012)
CYBILS Awards (Finalist — Young Adult Fiction — 2007)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2008)
Notable Children's Book (2008)
OYAN Book Rave (2008)
Texas Lone Star Reading List (2009)
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Lexile
990L