Mick Harte Was Here |
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Author:
| Park, Barbara |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-21203-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Limited
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Imprint: | Yearling |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $17.97 |
Book Description:
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"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...
More Description"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").
"From the Hardcover edition."