The dead letter box

by Jan Mark

When Louie's friend Glenda moves house, Louie arranges a dead letter box in a book in the library so they can keep in touch by exchanging letters. Glenda is no letter writer, but luckily Louie's interest in the dead letter box leads to new friendships.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

1 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Janet Marjorie Mark (1943-2006) was a British children's author and two time winner of the Carnegie Medal. She also taught art and English in Gravesend, Kent, was part of the faculty of Education at Oxford Polytechnic in the early 1980s and was a tutor and mentor to other writers before her death from meningitis-related septicaemia.

Meet the author:

What is your favourite animal?
The noble rat

What is your favourite boy’s name?
George

What is your favourite girl’s name?
Marjorie

What is your favourite food?
Pickled herring

What is your favourite music?
Klezmer

What is your favourite hobby?
Listening to music

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first actual book i read and its the book that changed me into a reader ... Story is so sad for a kid of 9y to read who was going through what the protagonist was going through

[Alex English]

Louie is desperate to keep her friendship with Glenda when she moves away, and decides they should exchange letters by leaving them in a book at the library. I can remember reading this as a child and trying the same thing at my local library! Lovely writing and sensitive tackling of friendship issues in such a slight book. However, I don’t think the plot line, which involves a child leaving her name and address in library books for others to find, works for a modern audience.