From: L. Brown / M. Regenold <miclarry>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:38:01 -0600

I avoided reading all the comments about the Wednesday Wars until I could read it. I enjoyed it quite a lot and was totally pulled into the story. Like another commenter's boy's school students, I bought into the teacher's hatred of Holling, though I thought he was kind of dense not to realize that Mrs. Baker had been looking forward to her Wed. afternoons free.

The one thing that bumped me out of the story was Lt. Baker's rank and Mrs. Baker's age. I couldn't figure out what Mrs. Baker's relationship was with her Lt. for the longest time because lieutenants are young, young, young--unless this one received a battlefield commission, which is never explained. So I was picturing Mrs. Baker as a 50-something mother of the lieutenant. It was quite jarring then to discover that she was his wife. Considering how long ago she ran the Olympics, he should have been at least a captain.

Michele Regenold http://iowakid.blogspot.com
Received on Mon 07 Jan 2008 07:38:01 PM CST