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Mick Harte Was Here

By Barbara Park

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By Barbara Park

By Barbara Park

By Barbara Park

By Barbara Park

Paperback $6.99

Aug 27, 1996 | 128 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

Hardcover $12.99

Jun 06, 2017 | 128 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

Ebook $4.99

Jan 26, 2011 | 112 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Mick Harte Was Here

    An award-winning, heartrending young middle grade novel from Barbara Park—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Junie B. Jones series—just right for readers of Frindle, Love That Dog, The Lemonade War, and other classic young middle grade favorites.
     
    Kids aren’t supposed to die.
     
    Phoebe’s brother, Mick, was one of the funniest, coolest kids you’d ever meet—the kid who made you laugh until your stomach hurt, even if you were mad at him. The kid who freaked his and Phoebe’s mom out by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken; who went trick-or-treating as Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the modern-day flush toilet; who did a wild solo dance in front of the entire school. He was the kid you’d want to be friends with. So how can he be gone? And how will Phoebe’s family survive without him?
     
    Winner of 12 State Awards!
    An IRA-CBC Young Adults’ Choice
    A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
    A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
     
    * “Genius . . . excruciatingly real . . . powerful.” —Publishers Weekly, starred
     
    “[A] wrenching story permeated with humor and hope.” —School Library Journal
     
    For the Review section (please add the two reviews and the state awards below):
    “A very moving story about a terrific 12-year-old boy. By the end of the book, readers miss him, too.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Park skillfully interweaves humor and pain in this unique, utterly believable account of Phoebe’s attempt to cope with a heartbreaking loss.” —The Horn Book
     
    WINNER—Georgia Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award
    WINNER—Kansas William Allen White Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—North Dakota Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—Rhode Island Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—South Carolina Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award
    WINNER—Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award
    WINNER—Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award
    WINNER—Iowa Children’s Choice Award
    WINNER—Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
    NOMINEE—Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
    WINNER—Kentucky Bluegrass Master List

    About Mick Harte Was Here

    An award-winning, heartrending young middle grade novel from Barbara Park—the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Junie B. Jones series—just right for readers of Frindle, Love That Dog, The Lemonade War, and other classic young middle grade favorites.
     
    Kids aren’t supposed to die.
     
    Phoebe’s brother, Mick, was one of the funniest, coolest kids you’d ever meet—the kid who made you laugh until your stomach hurt, even if you were mad at him. The kid who freaked his and Phoebe’s mom out by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken; who went trick-or-treating as Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the modern-day flush toilet; who did a wild solo dance in front of the entire school. He was the kid you’d want to be friends with. So how can he be gone? And how will Phoebe’s family survive without him?
     
    Winner of 12 State Awards!
    An IRA-CBC Young Adults’ Choice
    A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
    A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
     
    * “Genius . . . excruciatingly real . . . powerful.” —Publishers Weekly, starred
     
    “[A] wrenching story permeated with humor and hope.” —School Library Journal
     
    For the Review section (please add the two reviews and the state awards below):
    “A very moving story about a terrific 12-year-old boy. By the end of the book, readers miss him, too.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Park skillfully interweaves humor and pain in this unique, utterly believable account of Phoebe’s attempt to cope with a heartbreaking loss.” —The Horn Book
     
    WINNER—Georgia Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award
    WINNER—Kansas William Allen White Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—North Dakota Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—Rhode Island Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—South Carolina Children’s Book Award
    WINNER—Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award
    WINNER—Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award
    WINNER—Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award
    WINNER—Iowa Children’s Choice Award
    WINNER—Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
    NOMINEE—Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
    WINNER—Kentucky Bluegrass Master List

    About Mick Harte Was Here

    How could someone like Mick die? He was the kid who freaked out his mom by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken, the kid who did a wild dance in front of the whole school–and the kid who, if only he had worn his bicycle helmet, would still be alive today. But now Phoebe Harte’s twelve-year-old brother is gone, and Phoebe’s world has turned upside down. With her trademark candor and compassion, beloved middle-grade writer Barbara Park tells how Phoebe copes with her painful loss in this story filled with sadness, humor–and hope. Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of their Best Books of 1996. "A full-fledged and fully convincing drama" (Publishers Weekly).  

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    About Barbara Park

    Barbara Park was best-known as the creator and author of the New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series, the stories of an outrageously funny kindergartener that have kept kids (and their grownups) laughing—and reading—for over two decades. The series was consistently a #1 New… More about Barbara Park

    About Barbara Park

    Barbara Park was best-known as the creator and author of the New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series, the stories of an outrageously funny kindergartener that have kept kids (and their grownups) laughing—and reading—for over two decades. The series was consistently a #1 New… More about Barbara Park

    About Barbara Park

    Barbara Park was best-known as the creator and author of the New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series, the stories of an outrageously funny kindergartener that have kept kids (and their grownups) laughing—and reading—for over two decades. The series was consistently a #1 New… More about Barbara Park

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $6.99
    Published by Yearling
    Aug 27, 1996 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780679882039

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $12.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jun 06, 2017 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524718275

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jan 26, 2011 | 112 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780307786821

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    Praise

    "A full-fledged and fully convincing drama" (Publishers Weekly).  

    Awards

    Georgia Children’s Book Award WINNER 1996

    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award WINNER 1998

    Indiana Young Hoosier Award WINNER 1998

    Iowa Children’s Choice Award WINNER 1998

    Kansas William White Award WINNER 1998

    Kentucky Bluegrass Master List WINNER 1997

    Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award WINNER 1998

    Rhode Island Children’s Book Award WINNER 1997

    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year WINNER 1995

    South Carolina Children’s Book Award WINNER 1998

    Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award WINNER 1997

    Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award SUBMITTED 1998

    North Dakota Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 1997

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