ABOUT THIS BOOK

How could someone like Phoebe’s brother die? Mick Harte was one of the coolest kids you’d ever want to meet. Mick was also the kid who would still be alive now—if he’d only worn his bicycle helmet. . . .


REVIEWS

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


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Barbara Park is one of today's funniest, most popular writers for middle grade readers. Her novels, which include Skinnybones,  Mick Harte was Here, Maxie, Rosie, and Earl-Partners in Grime, Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President, and The Graduation of Jake Moon have won just about every award given by children. She is also the author of the hilarious and bestselling Junie B. Jones chapter books. Recent books about Junie include Junie B., First Grader (at last!)  and Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch.

Ms. Park earned a B.S. degree in education at the University of Alabama. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two grown sons.


AWARDS

WINNER 1995 - School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
WINNER 1996 - Georgia Children's Book Award
WINNER 1998 - Kansas William White Award
NOMINEE 1997 - North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
WINNER 1997 - Rhode Island Children's Book Award
WINNER 1998 - South Carolina Children's Book Award
WINNER 1997 - Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award
WINNER 1998 - Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
WINNER 1998 - Indiana Young Hoosier Award
WINNER 1998 - Iowa Children's Choice Award
WINNER 1998 - Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award
SUBMITTED 1998 - Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
WINNER 1997 - Kentucky Bluegrass Master List