The Birthday Room
By Kevin Henkes
4.5/5
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About this ebook
Not just an ordinary birthday...
"Two of the things Benjamin Hunter received for his twelfth birthday took him completely by surprise: A room and a letter. The room was from his parents. The letter was from his uncle."
Ben was just two years old when he and his uncle, Ian, were last together, so Ben didn't remember him. And no one in Ben's family ever talked about the man. Then the letter arrived, changing Ben's life, and changing his family in unexpected ways. And there was the birthday room...
Multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes brings his insightful, gentle, real-world insight to middle grade novels, including:
- Billy Miller Makes a Wish
- Bird Lake Moon
- The Birthday Room
- Junonia
- Olive's Ocean
- Protecting Marie
- Sun & Spoon
- Sweeping Up the Heart
- Two Under Par
- Words of Stone
- The Year of Billy Miller
- The Zebra Wall
Kevin Henkes
Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Children’s Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors, one for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include The World and Everything in It; A House; A Parade of Elephants; Chrysanthemum; and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Reviews for The Birthday Room
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is all about family.when Ben's mother and uncle Ian come together,they don't do so well. While this is happening,Aunt Nina has a breech baby.And a few kids broke their own baby shower gift for Nina.And Ben,drawing.Will the problems be resolved? Will Uncle Ian and Ben's mom come together? Read to find out
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I wish I'd read the book with this cover, the almost spooky tree. It would have been much more meaningful to the story, and would have added some much needed drama, as compared to the yellow chair plus three icons/ thumbnails version that I did read. Anyway, this is another 'nice' and 'quiet' story by Henkes with depths that most readers won't plumb. Highly recommended to adults who admire the works of an author who refuses to pander to trends or to demands of young readers for more exciting adventures.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For his birthday 12-yr-old Ben wants a room and a letter from Uncle Ian.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in oregon, he feels caught in the strained relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist