Mick Harte Was Here

For my next outside reading I choose the book "Mick Harte Was Here" by Barbara Park. When I began the book I was not sure what it was about, but I did enjoy it in the end. It is a very sad book about a young boy named Mick who was killed in a bicycle accident one day on his way home from school. The story is told by his older sister Phoebe. The author did a wonderful job of describing Mick and making us laugh and the funny things he did while he was alive. There were also those touching moments that made you cry. This is a good book to read if you are dealing with grief over a lost one. In the end Phoebe gives a speech to her school over the importance bicycle safety in hopes that she can save others from making the same mistake her brother did; not wearing a helmet.