Nutmeg Book Award
1999 · Grades 4-6 · Winner
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Her whole world has been turned upside down...
How could someone like Phoebe's brother die? Mick Harte was one of the neatest kids you'd ever want to meet—the kid who freaked his mom out by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken; who went trick-or-treating as Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the modern-day flush toilet; who did a wild solo dance in front of the whole school.
Mick was also the kid who would still be alive now—if he'd only worn his bicycle helmet...
How could someone like Phoebe's brother die? Mick Harte was one of the neatest kids you'd ever want to meet—the kid who freaked his mom out by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken; who went trick-or-treating as Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the modern-day flush toilet; who did a wild solo dance in front of the whole school.
Mick was also the kid who would still be alive now—if he'd only worn his bicycle helmet...
Awards
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
1998 · Grades 4-8 · Winner
Sasquatch Award
1998 · Children/Young Adult · Winner
Young Hoosier Book Award
1998 · Grades 4-6 · Winner
Georgia Children's Book Award
1997 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Winner
Grand Canyon Reader Award
1997 · Intermediate · Winner
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
1997 · Children's · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
1997 · Junior Book · Winner
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