FINISHED:

Clements, Andrew. (2002). A week in the woods. New York: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster.

[Mark is a spoiled rich kid who has moved to a new town. In the fall he's going to be attending an exclusive prep school, so for the remainder of 5th grade he's going to public school. He enrolls just in time to take part in the annual 5th graders Week in the Woods where all 5th graders spend the week in cabins at a local park camping while studying nature. Unfortunately, Mark has gotten on the bad side of Mr. Maxwell, the science teacher for whom the Week in the Woods is a pet project. Not one of my favorite Clements novels, this one takes a long time to get going only to end predictably and abruptly. It's still great, however, to see Clements, as usual, have the young person show up the adults. Kid Power to be sure.]

STARTED:
Koontz, Dean. (2003). Odd Thomas. New York: Bantam Dell/Random House.

[Recommended by my sister-in-law. Never read anything by him before, so it's probably time. Looks like School Library Journal reviewed it(??).]

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