Mick Harte Was Here
Author: Barbara Park
Ages: 8 - 12
I first discoved this book when my fifteen year old brother was in the fifth grade. He read it liked it and never stopped talking about it. He finally got me to read it and I could see why he liked it. This book actually deals with death as a theme. It follows young Pheobe as she deals with the death of here brother, and tell the story of his life to the readers. The readers goes on to learn that Mick died in a bike accident when he was twelve years old. The story takes place a year after his death. When I was reading this book I got into it and felt like I knew the characters. www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb
Bridge to Terabithia
Author: Katherine Peterson
Ages: 9 - 12
This is another book I found and just wanted to menton a short thing about it. It is about a boy named Jess Aarons who becomes friends with Leslie Burke, a girl who is a new student at his school. Leslie soon opens Jess mind to imagination and soon they both create Terabithia. Terabitha is a land where Jess and Leslie reigh heigh and no one can ever defeat them. This place that Leslie helped to creat for Jess is what helps him when and unexpected tragedy occus.
This is also a book that deals with some aspects of death and how children cope with it.
Both of these are good books that I have seen in the classroom.
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