“ Sometimes, the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost” Kelly Elmore. As our class began reading the novel The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt, in our class I started to recognize the moral of the story. Although the story appertained to about a young boy named Holling Hoodhood and his life throughout the academic year, I believe that if you read between the lines you will begin to see this book is about self discovery. Upon the introduction Holling was completely lost, it was as if he was stranded on an island and every time he tried to leave the waves crashed into him driving him back. He thought the populace was against him. Holling’s family did not believe what he told them, and eventually his friends turned their
