![]() ![]() Īccording to Publishers Weekly, Park demonstrates a tremendous ability "to convey so affectingly both the individual and collective pain of this family's members." Park does this, not through melodrama, but rather through what Publishers Weekly calls a focus "on small moments", such as when Phoebe's father arrives home from the hospital and quietly closes the door to Mick's room. The book delivers some of Phoebe's fondest memories of Mick-many of them relating the pranks that Mick enjoyed playing on his friends and family-in the form of anecdotes about when the two of them were younger. ![]() The book, narrated by Phoebe herself, shows the effect Mick's death has on his friends and schoolmates, and delves deeply into the grieving process experienced by Phoebe and her parents. This brings an incredible amount of grief and sorrow to the Harte family. Thirteen-year-old Phoebe Harte's younger brother, Mick, dies in a bicycle accident, because he chooses not to wear a helmet. In 1998, the book was awarded the annual William Allen White Children's Book Award. ![]() Mick Harte Was Here is a novella written by Barbara Park, which focuses on how Phoebe, a thirteen-year-old girl, copes with the death of her brother, Mick Harte, who was killed in a bicycle accident due to head injuries he received while not wearing his helmet. ![]()
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