Henshaw becomes a friend he can lean on during a tough time in his life, but it's really Leigh who works out a way to handle his feelings about his parents' divorce and his unreliable dad.ĭear Mr. Henshaw gives Leigh tons of good advice about writing, but what's most important is that Leigh uses the letters and his diary to think about his family problems. Henshaw, we learn about Leigh and watch his new life unfold. In his letters, we see Leigh grow up from a 7-year-old who can't spell to a young writer who learns that writing is best when you write about what you know. The letters start in second grade and continue through sixth grade. Leigh's story is told completely in letters that Leigh writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw, and entries in a diary that Mr. He worries about his mom having to work so hard.Īnd being the new kid in school, he's pretty lonely. He wants to be a famous writer but doesn't know how to get there he misses his dad, who seems to have forgotten about him. A sixth-grader who's just moved to a new school after his parents' divorce, our hero Leigh isn't quite sure where he belongs. Family problems, impossible homework assignments, cafeteria troubles, wishing you had more friends: is there anything on that list that you haven't had to deal with at some time in your life?
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