Eighth grade bites vs The Wednesday Wars: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Junior high schools, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
Eighth grade bites
Vlad has to keep his vampire urges under control while dealing with the pressures of middle school.Thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod really hates junior high. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl…
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The Wednesday Wars
Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Wednesday Wars has the widest readership — 48943 ratings behind its score.
- Eighth grade bites runs the darker storyline; The Wednesday Wars stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Eighth grade bites | The Wednesday Wars | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (38130) | 4.1 (48943) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (47) | 4.1 (41) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (29) |
Reception
| Eighth grade bites | The Wednesday Wars | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 38130 | 48943 |
| Editions | 15 | 5 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 19627 | — |
| Reading it now | 826 | — |
| Written reviews | 2972 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1038 |
| Pages | 182 | 268 |