SC Cilandak ( Pink / Connecting ) Starting in second grade, after reading Boyd Henshaw's novel Ways to Amuse a Dog, Leigh Marcus Botts becomes Mr. Henshaw's number one fan. In sixth grade, when having to do author reports, Leigh picks Mr. Henshaw. After sending questions for him to answer, he receives answers and questions for him. Although Leigh is upset because he is the only one in his …
SC Cilandak ( Pink/ Connecting ) Lonnie and his sister Lili are in foster care after the death of their parents. They live with separate families and this book is Lonnie’s letters to Lili that he writes to stay connected to her and as he says “to be the rememberer†while they are living separately.
The year is 1937, and the Great Depression has hit the Dowdel family hard. 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent downstate to live with Grandma Dowdel while her ma and pa eke out a meager living in Chicago. Mary Alice is less than thrilled with the arrangement. Grandma's hickville farming community couldn't be more different from Chicago if it tried, and the grandmother Mary Alice remembers from child…