Reviews

Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered by Gary Paulsen

bmetcalfe28's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

kwhit28's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

penalew's review

5.0

I've actually read this about 20 times - pretty much every year out loud to all of my classes! Wonderful wonderful book:)

blondelibrarian's review

5.0

I laughed out loud. I recommended it to an older male friend who saw himself and loved it.

rachkat1019's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

spayette's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Read it out loud to someone to share in the laughs

shandaboreson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

ssloeffler's review

4.0

SO funny. Perfectly charming.

allen_h's review

4.0

Harris and Me is a story of a boy who goes to a farm to live with family over one summer. He doesn't really know them at all or the first thing about living on a farm, but he learns. Along the way he has a lot of adventures with his cousin, Harris, and they get into all sorts of trouble.

I read this book in one day. I thought it was really funny and love the way Paulsen writes. I seem to always be able to find myself in his stories.

Due to the sporadic cursing and some questionable content, I'm not sure that I would use this book in my classroom unless it was going to be a read aloud where I could omit certain words and content.

rbetts50's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5