Mick Harte Was Here

An award-winning, heartrending young middle grade novel from Barbara Parkthe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Junie B. Jones seriesjust right for readers of Frindle, Love That Dog, The Lemonade War, and other classic young middle grade favorites.

Kids arent supposed to die.

Phoebes brother, Mick, was one of the funniest, coolest kids youd ever meetthe kid who made you laugh until your stomach hurt, even if you were mad at him. The kid who freaked his and Phoebes 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 youd want to be friends with. So how can he be gone? And how will Phoebes 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 Phoebes attempt to cope with a heartbreaking loss. The Horn Book

WINNERGeorgia Childrens Book Award
WINNERConnecticut Nutmeg Book Award
WINNERKansas William Allen White Childrens Book Award
WINNERNorth Dakota Flicker Tale Childrens Book Award
WINNERRhode Island Childrens Book Award
WINNERSouth Carolina Childrens Book Award
WINNERVermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award
WINNERIllinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
WINNERIndiana Young Hoosier Book Award
WINNERIowa Childrens Choice Award
WINNERMinnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
NOMINEEWashington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
WINNERKentucky Bluegrass Master List