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The book received the Newbery Medal, among other awards like the Christopher Award and the ALA Notable Children's Book award. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary is a novel about Leigh Botts, a boy who writes to his favorite author, Mr. Henshaw, after his parents divorce. The story, told through letters and journal entries, follows Leigh's experiences with loneliness, bullying, and his absent father, and culminates in a realistic but ultimately hopeful ending where Leigh accepts that some things don't change.
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