Dear Mr. Henshaw
By Beverly Cleary

Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books, Trophy;
ISBN:0380709589
Format: Paperback; Released On: 5/11/00;
Trimsize: 5-1/8 X 7-5/8; Pages: 160; $4.95; $7.5(CAN)
This book also available in these formats: Hardcover , Library, Spanish Paperback, Spanish Hardcover
Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life.

 

"A first-rate, poignant story ... a lovely, well-crafted, three-dimensional work."
-- The New York Times

"Cleary succeeds again. [Her] sense of humor leavens and lightens ..."
-- School Library Journal

"Capably and unobtrusively structured as well as valid and realistic."
-- Kirkus Reviews