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What makes this book a Newbery Medal winner is the honesty that Beverly Cleary has employed to create a story that rings true.

This is a quiet story of an ordinary boy dealing with ordinary life and ordinary problems in contemporary society. Henshaw, the conflict is internal, the action less than earth-shattering, and the resolution psychological. Leigh Botts longs to fit into the world, not to rebel against it. This book's child protagonist never would be mistaken for the irrepressible Ramona the Pest. She is famous for books that feature real children in real-life situations, and most of her child protagonists are extroverts whose conflicts with authority lead them into amusing situations. This book is a departure for its author, Beverly Cleary, who is best known for her wildly popular Ramona Quimby books. Show More his parents’ separation, and he begins to form an independent identity and find his place in the world. The journal is a safe place for a child to divulge feelings and emotions they may not feel comfortable telling anyone. Each student could do like Leigh and start a journal. This book can also give the students ideas as to becoming an author and how to get started with writing. The book could be read by the teacher and feed back given from the students throughout the story. I love Beverly Cleary and will add this to my library.Īs a classroom extension, this book would be an excellent feeder for how it is to be the new child in a class.

I feel this book works through these situations on an appropriate level for any young child to associate with. I was able to sense how he felt as a new student trying to fit in, a child in a recently divorced family and an only child (boy), living with his mother. I thoroughly enjoyed the book which is told through the eyes of the 10 year old boy. The author not only gives Leigh writing advice he also provides a sense of direction indirectly for the child.