<p><strong>Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children's Book</strong></p><p><strong>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. </strong></p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p>