Series: Leigh Botts
by Author Beverly Cleary
Book
Strider (1996)
ttSTRIDER Beverly Clearytt “Chariots of Fur”Man’s best friend does it again! Well, it’s been two years since Leigh Botts closed the diary which boys’ writer, Mr. Henshaw, had inspired him to keep. Now he’s taller, more confident, still living in a “shack” with his divo...
Book
Dear Mr. Henshaw (2000)
Dear Mr. Henshaw, by author Beverly Cleary, is a young readers realistic fiction novel that directly addresses the issue of a child who is forced to face the realities of his parents' divorce; probably still somewhat of a taboo theme for a young readers book in 1984.Leigh (pronounced Lee) Botts i...