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Summary Of Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt Mrs. Baker

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Perhaps we practice because we feel as if there’s nothing else we can do, because sometimes it feels as though life is governed by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”(225). In the book Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Mrs. Baker is a static character. She only changes a little but helps other people change. When the book kicks off Mrs. Baker was not happy about watching Holling. She is very kind, intelligent and caring by the end of the book she had helped Holling and her class a lot. Teaching helped her keep her mind off her husband and gave her hope for him to come home. Early in the book Mrs. Baker doesn't want to watch Holling and makes him do odd jobs until the end of November. Mrs. Baker is trying to get Holling to retake

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