Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered by Gary Paulsen
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- ISBN: 015205880X
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Pub. Date: March 2007
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Comments from the Seller: New Paperback, Book in Excellent Condition
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Synopsis
A young boy and his cousin Harris are constantly involved in crazy escapades in this funny favorite by Gary Paulsen
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Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.
The ALAN Review
Harris is one of a kind. His city cousin spends the summer with Harris, and finds farm life holds many surprises when your mentor is eleven years old and primed to try anything from fighting chickens and tackling pigs, to imitating Tarzan. Paulsen has an excellent eye for the slightly off-beat details, from the hired hand who never seems to take a bath and the rooster who lies in ambush for human prey, to Buzzer the killer cat. The life of Harris and his family on the hardscrabble farm could be unmercifully grim if it were not for Harris' exuberance for living life fully. The book contains some swearing, but Paulsen makes this one of Harris' traits that constantly gets him in trouble. This book is guaranteed not to stay on the shelf for long, once junior high boys discover it.
More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography
GARY PAULSEN has written more than 175 books for young people, including the Newbery Honor books Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room. He divides his time between a home in New Mexico and a boat on the Pacific Ocean.
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Great book for grades 5-7; good read aloudby grammyc
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08/15/2009: I read this book in the spring of every year I taught sixth grade, to the total delight of my kids. It is funny, yet poignant, and gives a good picture of life in the Midwest shortly after WW II. Both girls and boys found the adventures incredibly amusing, and couldn't wait for each new chapter. I just bought a new copy to have for my grandchildren.
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05/21/2008: Harris and me was a very delightful book. Every chapter had me laughing my head off. Harris and me is a book for anyone to enjoy, and should most certainly have a sequal!!!
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