Share:FacebookTwitteremailTumblrPinterestIntroduction Title: Dear Mr. Henshaw Author: Beverly Cleary Genre: Literary Fiction/Epistolary Release Date: August 1983 Synopsis (from Amazon): Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh …