Henry's Hand

by Ross Macdonald

Publisher:

ABRAMS Books for Young Readers

, 2023

Overview

Henry’s Hand is a story about the friendship between Henry, a giant, and his right hand. You see, Henry sometimes has trouble keeping track of his body parts—everything from his ears to one of his legs can fall off. Once, his eye even rolled under the couch and wouldn’t come out until bedtime. But with help from Hand, Henry keeps himself together. In fact, Henry and Hand are the best of friends . . . that is, until Henry takes Hand for granted, pushes him too far, and Hand runs away. A charming tale of friendship, forgiveness, and loyalty, Henry’s Hand is also a quirky story for readers of all ages, especially those of us who know what it feels like to fight with your best friend.

Product Details

• Title: Henry's Hand
• Author: Ross Macdonald
• Publisher: ABRAMS Books for Young Readers
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 48
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781613125182, 9781419705274, 141970527X, 1613125186
• Resource ID: LLS:9781613125182
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T09:01:47Z

About Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald was a pseudonym for Kenneth Millar (1915–1983), an author of detective fiction best known for creating the character of Lew Archer, a California PI. Born in California, Millar lived in Ontario, Canada, until his father abandoned his mother, uprooting the family and forcing them to move again and again over the next few years—a formative experience that would often be echoed in Millar’s work. While attending the University of Michigan, Millar began writing pulp fiction, publishing his first novel, The Dark Tunnel, in 1944.

 

Millar introduced Lew Archer, the tough-but-sensitive private detective, in the 1946 short story “Find the Woman.” The Moving Target (1949) was the first of more than a dozen Lew Archer novels, which established Millar as one of the finest crime novelists of his day. He is often included in the “holy trinity of detective fiction,” along with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.