Dear Mr. Henshaw meets the criteria of characters through a young boy who is going through a circumstances that many of our children can identify with, his father is not home very much as well as bullies. This young boy, Leigh, confronts his issues by discussing them with his most favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. Here is where the book meets the evaluation criteria of plot. Readers will be able to identify and understand the plight of the main character as throughout the whole book he pours his soul out to his beloved author, hoping for some guidance and insight into his current issues. As the reader follows the story they gain knowledge of the logical flow of this story, and are intrigued by the fact that they whole story is written in letters from Leigh to Mr. Henshaw.
References
Cleary, B. (1994). Dear mr. henshaw. New York, NY: Avon Books.
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