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Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen (1993, Hardcover)
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Endearing nostalgia and hilarious fun blend in the story of a boys tenth summer, spent on a farm where his daredevil cousin Harris keeps finding crazy ways to make trouble, including wrestling with pigs and challenging a bobcat.
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A young boy and his cousin Harris are constantly involved in crazy escapades in this funny favorite by Gary PaulsenProduct Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100152928774
ISBN-139780152928773
eBay Product ID (ePID)60984
Product Key Features
Book TitleHarris and Me
TopicGeneral, Social Themes / Friendship
Publication Year1993
LanguageEnglish
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorGary Paulsen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8in.
Item Length8.5in.
Item Width5.8in.
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN93-019788
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Reviews"Truly one of Paulsen's best."-- Booklist (starred review) "Readers will experience hearts as large as farmers' appetites, humor as broad as the country landscape and adventures as wild as boyhood imaginations." -- Publishers Weekly, Paulsen choreographs an antic jig of down-on-the-farm frolics in this warm comedy set a few years after WW II. The 11-year-old narrator (who has spent a good portion of his life being shipped off to various relatives) has never seen anything like the Larson homestead, where he is sent to spend the summer; nor has he witnessed anyone like second cousin Harris, prankster extraordinaire. Initiation to country life includes a swift kick in the head by Vivian the cow, run-ins with an angry rooster and the Larson's spirited pet lynx, as well as assorted dares and humiliations conducted by nine-year-old Harris, who eventually becomes a cherished friend. Days are filled with a mixture of tough work and rough play and sometime during the course of his visit the city boy--parented by a couple of "puke drunks"--learns the real meaning of "home." On the Larson farm, readers will experience hearts as large as farmers' appetites, humor as broad as the country landscape and adventures as wild as boyhood imaginations. All this adds up to a hearty helping of old-fashioned, rip-roaring entertainment. Ages 12-up., Grade 6-9-A nostalgic journey through a boy's breakneck summer. Told by a narrator recalling his experiences the summer he was 11, the stories begin with his being dropped by a deputy at the farm home of a distant relative. "'We heard your folks was puke drunks, is that right?'" asks the beguiling and reckless nine-year-old Harris almost immediately. Of course they are, but that dismal fact of life is forgotten nearly at once as Harris leads the two of them off on one wild adventure after another. As one might suspect from Paulsen, there are no ordinary characters residing on this backwoods farm: there's Vivian, the ornery, kicking cow; 300 pound pigs who don't look kindly on wrestling matches with boys; Ernie, the attack-rooster; Louie, the hired hand with strange table manners and an artistic streak; Buzzer, his pet lynx; and Harris's older sister, Glennis, who is constantly whacking him for swearing. (At times the language does get a little salty.) The plot is a loosely constructed romp with each chapter an episode that's fast paced, highly descriptive, and funny. Using headings such as "In which war is declared and honor established," Paulsen raises readers' expectations and sets the tone for the action to follow. Some stories push beyond believability and edge into tall-tale territory, but it doesn't matter, for this is storytelling in the tradition of Twain and Harte, memorable and humorous and very telling of human nature.Lee Bock, Brown County Public Libraries, Green Bay, WI, "Truly one of Paulsen's best."-- Booklist (starred review)"Readers will experience hearts as large as farmers' appetites, humor as broad as the country landscape and adventures as wild as boyhood imaginations."-- Publishers Weekly
Age Range12-12
Grade fromSeventh Grade
IllustratedYes
Grade toTwelfth Grade
Lc Classification NumberPs3568.O243
Number of Pages168 Pages
