aweekinthewoods

A Week in the Woods, by Andrew Clements ISBN: 0-689-82596-X c2002 190 pages

Good sections to read aloud: p. 32 (first full paragraph where Mark’s bad attitude shines through)

Summary: Mark and his family move to a new home in the middle of his 5th grade school year. This is nothing new for Mark. His parents are very wealthy and they move around a lot depending on how business is going. Mark isn’t excited about starting at a new school during the middle of the year, especially since he knows his parents plan to ship him off to a boarding school for 6th grade. He decides not to try and make any friends with students or teachers. So, when Mark’s science teacher explains a cool program that all 5th grade students get to participate in (A Week in the Woods), Mark acts uninterested, even though he is. In the end, Mark goes along with the rest of the class on the trip and that’s where the real adventure begins!

YA fiction--survival/adventure; camping; 5th grade; moving; teacher-student relationships

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