Thursday, October 28, 2010

Wishin' and Hopin'

Wishin' and Hopin' - A Christmas Story
by Wally Lamb

If you want to find out about:

fifth graders competing to be teacher's pet
fifth graders competing for the main part in the Christmas play
fifth grade boys, some know about the birds and bees, others do not
a mom who gets on TV as a finalists in a baking competition
a son who is a mid-shipman, gets on TV and then blunders big time

then you will really enjoy this book. 


From the book cover:
Wally Lamb, best selling author of The Hour I First Believed, presents an intelligent and comical story centered on fifth-grader Felix Funicello.  The 1964 holiday season is sure to be one Felix will never forget when the day-to-day monotony of school is shaken up by the arrival of a new substitute teacher and a frisky Russian exchange student.

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