Dear Mr. Henshaw: A Newbery Award Winner -- Beverly Cleary - Paperback
Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children's Book
Beverly Cleary's timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.
After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh's life forever.
From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life's growing pains.
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 05/31/2000
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780380709588
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 24 / Dear Mr. Henshaw
Award: Garden State Children's Book Awards - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/15/1994