A Week in the Woods is a children's book by Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements

Andrew Clements is an American author of children's books. Clements grew up in Camden, New Jersey and Springfield, Illinois, United States,. As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in Maine where he spent his days swimming and fishing and his evenings reading books...

. Part of his School series, it was released by Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...

 in 2002.

The book was critically acclaimed, and nominated for a number of awards.

• California Young Reader Medal
  California Young Reader Medal
  The California Young Reader Medal is an award given annually to books nominated and voted on by children in California. The medal was established in 1974 and encourages recreational reading...
  
  
• Golden Sower Masterlist (NE)
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award
• Land of Enchantment Children's Master List (NM)

The book won:

• the Iowa Children's Choice Awards (2004–2005).
• the Keystone to Reading Book Award of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  (2005).

Plot

The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him.

External links

• Simon and Schuster: List of awards won by A Week in the Woods.