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Title: Mick Harte Was Here
ISBN: 0679882030
Author:
Barbara Park
Publicate Date: 1996-08-27
Publish: 1996-08-27
List Price: $5.50
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: A real page turner!
My 9 year old son loved this book! He read the entire book in 2 days. The fact that the boy in the book died as a result of a bicycle accident that may have been prevented if he had worn a helmet, made a huge impact on him. He makes sure he and his brothers always wear their helmets-that alone is worth the price of the book ten-fold!
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2: A sad, but very good lesson learned.
A helmet,... that's all it would have took to prevent the death of Mick Harte. Phoebe was at soccer practice when she first heard the ambulance sirens. Automatically she knew that something was wrong. Mick Harte Was Here, is about a boy named Mick Harte and how, his death had such an effect on his family and community. In this book, it really sets in on how important it is to wear a helmet when riding your bike. Even if you think you are too cool to do so. Mick, thought that a helmet would make him look like dork. One day when riding to a friends house, from school, Mick accidentally hit's a rock on the sidewalk causing his bike to get just close enough to the street for... well, disaster.
In this book, the authors largest and most important message, was to always wear a helmet while riding your bike. An author's note backs up her message at the end of the book where she gives actual percentages about bicycle accidents. If I were to rate this book, I would give it 5 stars defiantly! It is a fantastic book for families everywhere to read, due to its very important lesson. Another book that I read, and think you will like if this book sounds good to you is Freak The Mighty, which is also a bit sad at the end, but has a good plot and excellent characters.
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3: The bike accident
I am a 6th gader, and I have never been a great reader. I have always been below grade average in reading so this summer when my brother asked to go into the local book store I sighed. When we got to the bookstore my mother learned of the summer reading porgam from the lady working there. When my mother asked if anyone wanted to do the summer reading program both of my siblings rasied their hands, but not me. Anyway my mom yelled at me and there you have it. I was now doing the summer reading program. About a year ago one of my teachers told me to read this book. Of course I never got to it, but i am so glad i finally read it. This book shows the true perspective of Pheobe Harte and the suffering over her bothers bicycle accident. I think I read this book faster than any others, and I would love to have more people read it and see what they think.
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4: The BEST book EVER
I'm a 5th grader and I have read Mick Harte Was Here a least 5 times this is my
6th time and I LOOOOOOVE Mick Harte Was Here. I think that they need to
make a movie about it I recomend you read it. I just had a bike accidend and I hit my head but now I've now realized that Barbra Park's message really means alot!!!
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5: Mick Harte Was Here
Mick Harte is the protagonist's brother, who died from a bike accident. Phoebe was the sister of Mick Harte, which is the protagonist. Phoebe and Mick got into fights all the time. They fought over a tattoo of pirates from a cereal box one day. Mick made up a story because Phoebe and Mick wrote F-A-R-T in a wet cemented driveway. Mick said a monkey wrote it and he already chased it back to Africa.
Then a terrible thing happened when Phoebe was at soccer practice. She was running and she heard sirens coming her way. She doesn't like sirens at all, they mean bad things happened. Instead she stops running and looks up at the ambulance. The ambulance pulls into the school road and Mick's bike was on the ground and Phoebe realized that Mick probably got hurt. She was hoping it was one of Mick's friends. Then later she found out it was Mick and he died from a head injury. If you like Funny but sad books, here is a great book for those emotions.
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