The protagonist of the book is Holling Hoodhood, a seventh grader at Camillo Junior High in Long Island during the 1960s. He thinks his teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates him, and he has to spend Wednesday afternoons with her because he does not go to Hebrew school or Catechism like the other students. Mrs. Baker is a strict teacher whose husband is sent to fight in Vietnam, but she turns out to be a very caring person. The other main characters are Holling's sister, Heather, who is an idealistic hippie, and his tuned-out parents, Mr. Hoodhood (an architect) and Mrs. Hoodhood. Holling's nemesis is Doug Sweiteck, a fellow student who is troublesome and has an older brother. Holling also spends time with Meryl Lee Kowalski, who has been in love with Holling for a number of years.
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