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Violence
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No violence
Language
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No profanity
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of parental divorce handled gently for middle-grade readers
What this book is about
Leigh Botts, the boy from Dear Mr. Henshaw, is now in eighth grade and finds an abandoned dog on the beach with his friend Barry. They decide to share the dog — Strider — while Leigh processes his parents' divorce and navigates the complicated feelings of adolescence. Told in diary format as a sequel to Dear Mr. Henshaw, this Newbery Honor book is quieter but emotionally honest.
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Parents' divorce as a central emotional thread
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