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A Week in the Woods

Audiobook
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1 of 1 copy available
Mark Chelmsley IV has never felt truly at home anywhere. With only four months left in the fifth grade before he starts at an exclusive boarding school, Mark doesn't think it's even worth trying to settle in. What changes his mind is a Week in the Woods- the annual school camping trip. But even there, things go wrong. Mark covers for a friend and lands himself in Big Trouble: his nemesis, science teacher Mr. Maxwell, suspends him. Just as Mr. Maxwell is about take Mark home, Mark runs off into the woods, putting his survival skills- and Mr. Maxwell's- to the test.
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    • AudioFile Magazine
      In a melodious and expressive voice, Ron Livingston delivers a great rendition of a boy finding his soul in the wilderness and a teacher learning that even with many years of experience in the classroom, he still has much to learn about his students. In a case of mutual misjudgment, Mark and Mr. Maxwell square off in a test of wills, culminating in a test of survival. In the end, each learns about himself and the other. Reminiscent of Paulsen's classic story, HATCHET, this is a great story for the younger set. The narration is keen and illuminates each character in a satisfying and meaningful way. D.L.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 10, 2004
      A showdown between an 11-year-old and his teacher occurs at the start of an annual environmental program when they spend a week in a wooded state park. Ages 9-13.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 12, 2002
      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.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:5.5
  • Lexile® Measure:820
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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