Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary [TRADE PAPERBACK / 1984]

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

VINTAGE TRADE PAPERBACK [1984] DELL YEARLING

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Leigh has been 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 in 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.