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More copies of this ISBN:A Week in the Woodsby Andrew Clements
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Collision course The fifth-grade Week in the Woods is a beloved tradition of Hardy Elementary, where Mark Chelmsley (the Fourth) is pretty much killing time before his parents send him off to an exclusive prep school. But then Mark realizes the Week might be a chance to prove to Mr. Maxwell that he's not just another of the slacker rich kids the teacher can't stand. But it may be too late for Mark to change Mr. Maxwell's opinion of him. On the first day of the Week, the tension between teacher and student explodes, and in a reckless moment, Mark puts not only himself, but also Mr. Maxwell, in grave danger. Can two such strong adversaries work together to save their lives? Review:"Mark, the 11-year-old at the center of Clements's (Frindle; The Jacket) brooding and uneven novel, initially has no interest in making friends at his new school in Whitson, N.H., where his constantly traveling parents have just renovated and enlarged a 1798 farmhouse. Knowing that he's headed off to a prestigious boarding school next year, the boy has no incentive for pleasing his teachers and spends much of the day gazing out the classroom window. His science teacher, Mr. Maxwell, passes judgment on Mark before the boy finally decides to give the school a chance ("The only kind of people Mr. Maxwell disliked more than slackers were... buy-the-whole-world rich folks"). A showdown between boy and teacher occurs at the start of the annual environmental program organized by Mr. Maxwell for the fifth graders, who spend a week in a wooded state park. The teacher's discovery of Mark with a tool containing a knife (which actually belongs to another boy) climaxes with a pursuit through the woods. Unfortunately, the suspenseful sequence that follows and the engaging denouement account for only a fraction of the novel. Laborious passages about Mark's family's home and barn and the boy's preparations for the school trip, plus perhaps a bit too much description of Mr. Maxwell's background, bog down the story line and may derail readers drawn to the book's enticing title. Ages 9-13." Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:School Library JournalThis one will be a popular choice, particularly with fans of Gary Paulsen and Jean Craighead George. About the AuthorAndrew Clements has written more than fifty books for children, including the enormously popular Frindle and, most recently, the New York Times bestseller Lunch Money. Mr. Clements taught in the public schools near Chicago for seven years before moving east to begin a career in publishing and writing. He and his wife, the parents of four grown children, live in Westborough, Massachusetts. Table of ContentsOne Preparations Two Leaving Three Not the Same Four Attitudes Five Zero Pressure Six Spoiled Seven Skirmish Eight Discoveries Nine Testing Ten Trial and Error Eleven Spring Twelve Gearing Up Thirteen Readiness Fourteen Zero Tolerance Fifteen Retrial Sixteen Into the Woods Seventeen Tracks Eighteen Bushwhacking Nineteen Here Twenty Camp Twenty-one Found Twenty-two Home What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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