description: 
  Dear Mr. Henshaw,

  I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I'll give you a lift to school."
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.
title: Dear Mr. Henshaw
titlecomplete: Dear Mr. Henshaw
genres: Classics, Chapter Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 40264
places: Pacific Grove, California, California
series: Leigh Botts
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: California Book Award
category: Juvenile (Silver), awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
publisher: RECORDED BOOKS, INC.