Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Plot:
Leigh (a boy) Botts is author Boyd Henshaw's number 1 fan, and has written him letters from second grade through sixth grade, telling him about his lunchbag thief and his dream of becoming an author himself.
Other Books by Beverly Cleary:
- Beezus and Ramona
- Ralph S. Mouse
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8
- Newbery Medal
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
- Christopher Book Award
- Family/ Divorce/ School
This was such a fun read and the fact that the book is told through letters and diary entries to Mr. Henshaw is different and unique to me. Even though the reader never meets Mr. Henshaw you get to know his personality a bit through Leigh's entries and letters. For instance, Leigh describes how Mr. Henshaw writes him back requesting answers to 10 questions after Leigh wrote him asking questions about himself for a school project. Very funny, but not for Leigh who answers them through a series of letters because his mom makes him. =)
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