Holling Hoodhood is really in for it. He's just started seventh grade with Mrs. Baker, a teacher he knows is out to get him. Why else would she make him read Shakespeare...outside of class? The year is 1967, and everyone has bigger things than homework to worry about. There's Vietnam for one thing, and then there's the family business. As far as Holling's father is concerned, nothing is more important than the family business. In fact, all of the Hoodhoods must be on their best behavior at all times. The success of Hoodhood and Associates depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has Mrs. Baker to contend with? 對(duì)七年級(jí)的霍林而言,每個(gè)星期三下午都是一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難,因?yàn)榘嗌系囊话胪瑢W(xué)要去猶太教堂學(xué)習(xí)希伯來(lái)文,另一半則要到天主教堂參加教義問答,作為班里唯一的一名基督徒,霍林不得不與嚴(yán)肅的貝克夫人一起待在教室。不茍言笑的貝克夫人似乎總在刁難霍林,罰他清理黑板擦、打掃教室、整理大老鼠籠子……在種種手段都宣告失敗后,貝克夫人使出了最致命的一招——讓霍林閱讀冗長(zhǎng)而乏味的莎士比亞作品…… 于是,一場(chǎng)曠日持久的"戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)"在兩人之間悄然展開。Holling Hoodhood is really in for it. He's just started seventh grade with Mrs. Baker, a teacher he knows is out to get him. Why else would she make him read Shakespeare...outside of class? The year is 1967, and everyone has bigger things than homework to worry about. There's Vietnam for one thing, and then there's the family business. As far as Holling's father is concerned, nothing is more important than the family business. In fact, all of the Hoodhoods must be on their best behavior at all times. The success of Hoodhood and Associates depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has Mrs. Baker to contend with? 對(duì)七年級(jí)的霍林而言,每個(gè)星期三下午都是一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難,因?yàn)榘嗌系囊话胪瑢W(xué)要去猶太教堂學(xué)習(xí)希伯來(lái)文,另一半則要到天主教堂參加教義問答,作為班里唯一的一名基督徒,霍林不得不與嚴(yán)肅的貝克夫人一起待在教室。不茍言笑的貝克夫人似乎總在刁難霍林,罰他清理黑板擦、打掃教室、整理大老鼠籠子……在種種手段都宣告失敗后,貝克夫人使出了最致命的一招——讓霍林閱讀冗長(zhǎng)而乏味的莎士比亞作品…… 于是,一場(chǎng)曠日持久的"戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)"在兩人之間悄然展開。
This is a story about Shakespeare, baseball, wars, Wednesdays and seventh grade. Holling Hoodhood, the main character in the book, has lots to do with all of these stuff. He is the son of an architecture businessman who isn't a very good fa...