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=A Week in the Woods= Reviewed by:Michael Burk

A Week in the Woods By: Andrew Clements Yes, I really enjoyed reading this book and at some points in the book I couldn’t put the book down. If you start reading this book and you don't like it right away keep reading because the book gets alot better as you start getting to the end of the book. The book starts to get better when Mark runs away because he gets blamed on bringing a knife to the fieldtrip he was in when he didn't bring the knife to the fieldtrip.

The main characters are Mark and Mr. Maxwell and I thought they played a big part in likeing the book. Mark moves to New Hampshire to a small school called Hardy Elementary. His science teacher, Mr. Maxwell, doesn’t like him. Mr. Maxwell thinks Mark is a rich, spoiled kid. They played a big part in the book because the setting is mostly at school and at his house and Mark is a student in Mr. Maxwell’s fifth grade class and it I thought that it was the best settings for the book.

The plot is based on Mark’s fieldtrip in Mr. Maxwell’s class to go to the state park campground for a week in the woods. At first Mark wants nothing to do with the Hardy’s famous week in the woods. But, once Mark begins to get used to life in the country, he changes his mind about the trip. He thought it would be fun to learn something new and he might even enjoy it. I liked how the author made the plot by writing the book.

Mark buys all new camp gear and is ready to meet some new friends. But things go all wrong for him. It was funny when Mr. Maxwell told Mark about the fieldtrip they were going to attend to the state park campground and he shrugged and said; “do we have to go”? On the first day there, the teacher finds that Mark has a camping tool that has a knife, but the knife belongs to Jason. He decides that someone needs to teach the boy a lesson and decides to send him home. Mark runs away, gets lost, and must use his new skills to survive a night in the woods. Mr. Maxwell finds out that the knife is Jasons and Mark finishes the week in the woods and has a good time and that was the part in the book that I liked the most about the book.

What I learned from this story is when two people start out disliking each other it takes a serious situation so they can help each other just like when Mr. Maxwell found Mark in the woods; they end up liking and respecting each other.

After reading the story I felt that the book was greatly written. I hope that the next person to read this book would like it just like I did. If you have ever moved during your childhood or just had a hard time meeting new friends, then you'll enjoy reading this book. Reviewed By: Michael Burk