A Girl from Yamhill

Generations of children have read Beverly Cleary’s books. From Ramona Quimby to Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse to Ellen Tebbits, she has created an evergreen body of work based on the humorous tales and heartfelt anxieties of middle graders. But now, Beverly tells a more personal story her story of what adolescence was like. In warm, but honest, detail, Beverly details life in Oregon during the Great Depression, her difficulties learning to read and a slew of anecdotes that were, perhaps, the inspiration for some of her beloved stories.