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About Barbara Park
See more books from this AuthorIt's always difficult reading about the death of a child, especially when he's ``one of the neatest kids you'd ever want to meet.'' That's how Phoebe Harte, 13, describes her slightly younger brother Mick, in a poignant story by a writer more associated with making readers laugh (Maxie, Rosie, an...
| Read Full Review of Mick Harte Was HereI don't want to make you cry. I just want to tell you about Mick. But I thought you should know right up front that he's not here anymore. I just thought that would be fair. Phoebe, the eighth-gra
Feb 27 1995 | Read Full Review of Mick Harte Was HereMidway through the story, in response to Phoebe's misplaced sense of guilt, Phoebe's father introduces the subject: ""He heaved a God-awful sigh and whispered, `If only I had made him wear his helmet.'"" The message is skillfully reprised toward the conclusion, in a powerful scene in which Phoebe...
| Read Full Review of Mick Harte Was HerePark moves the reader back and forth, from Mick to his sister, gradually disengaging them, separating the tightly interwoven strands of their lives, until Phoebe can stand alone.
| Read Full Review of Mick Harte Was HereMy ELA teacher, Amy, who assigned the book to us to read, said, "The book almost made me cry in the subway."
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