what happened to miss foxworth? did she fall off a cliff or something?

When I started reading this book, I could totally relate. Doug and Harry come back from summer break expecting the comfortably warm familiarity of their school only to find that many things have changed. What kid hasn't experienced that? They come back and their favorite teacher got married and changed her name or is pregnant and on maternity leave? Maybe your gym teacher is now your homeroom teacher or vice versa. Maybe the strictest teacher in the school just became principal or VP. I totally get it. But for the rest of this book, I found myself saying "maybe if I was in third grade this would be better..." which I don't think is a good thing for any book. The story's fun I guess and it has moments that I think third graders might enjoy but the whole thing was lacking. Maybe it's because Miss Mackle, while she had some cool teaching moments, was oddly absent from most of the action. Maybe it's because I really had a problem with the students going on a field trip to a copper mine/prison until it was explained that the prison was no longer in use. Maybe it's because the Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline seems to be aimed at boys more than girls. For whatever reason, although it did show a certain friendship and comraderie I think should be present in every classroom, I didn't find this book to be particularly great and I'll probably be sticking to my Polk Street School.