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