When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

English

ISBN: 0805061169

EAN: 9780805061161

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship/Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / City & Town Life/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry

Release Date: 09/30/1999

Age Range: 10-14

Synopsis: The red words painted on the trailer caused quite a buzz around town and before an hour was up, half of Antler was standing in line with two dollars clutched in hand to see the fattest boy in the world. Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life. Its the summer his mother leaves for good; the summer his best friends brother returns from Vietnam in a coffin. And the summer that Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in their sleepy Texas town. While its a summer filled with heartache of every kind, its also a summer of new friendships gained and old friendships renewed. And its Zachary Beaver who turns the town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever. With understated elegance, Kimberly Willis Holt tells a compelling coming-of-age story about a thirteen-year-old boy struggling to find himself in an imperfect world. At turns passionate and humorous, this extraordinary novel deals sensitively and candidly with obesity, war, and the true power of friendship. When Zachary Beaver Came to Townis the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature.

Awards: Arizona Young Readers Award – null  American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  Black-Eyed Susan Book Award – null  Bluebonnet Award – null  Charlie May Simon Childrens Book Award – null  Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award – null  Garden State Teen Book Award – null  Georgia Childrens Book Award – null  Grand Canyon Reader Award – null  Great Lakes Great Books Award – null  Great Stone Face Childrens Book Award – null  Iowa Teen Award – null  Land of Enchantment Book Award – null  Maine Student Book Award – null  Mark Twain Award – null  Maud Hart Lovelace Award – null  National Book Awards – null  Nene Award – null  Nutmeg Childrens Book Award – null  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award – null  Prairie Pasque Award – null  Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award – null  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null  Virginia Readers Choice Awards – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Young Hoosier Book Award – null 

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.88 inches

Width: 5.78 inches

Length: 8.56 inches

Weight: 13.47 oz

Pages: 240