When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
by Kimberly Willis Holt | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440229049 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440229049 Global Overview for this book
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This book won the 199 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
From the back cover...
Nothing ever happens in Toby's small Texas town. Nothing much, that is, until this summer. This summer, everyone seems to be leaving. Toby's mother leaves home to be a country singer. His best friend Cal's older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. But their sleppy little town is about to get a jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. There has never been anyone like Zachary. Toby is entralled with him and his tales of the people and places he's known. Infact, Toby realizes there's a lot this town has never seen. Toby knows there's more to Zachary than the stories he tells, and he wants to know the boy behind the billing. Toby is in for a summer like any other, a summer sure to change his life.
A Five Challenge Wild Release on a picnic table between the volleyball court and the basketball court at Alta Mesa Park on 9/5 for:
1. You're Such an Animal (Secretariat) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/522418
2. September 2015 Ultimate (jumpingin) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/522766
3. Children's Books (Tatooed Mummy) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/507547
4. Theme Releases 2015 (goldenwattle) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/515678
5. 3 every week for 2015 (hyphen8) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/515073
From the back cover...
Nothing ever happens in Toby's small Texas town. Nothing much, that is, until this summer. This summer, everyone seems to be leaving. Toby's mother leaves home to be a country singer. His best friend Cal's older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. But their sleppy little town is about to get a jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. There has never been anyone like Zachary. Toby is entralled with him and his tales of the people and places he's known. Infact, Toby realizes there's a lot this town has never seen. Toby knows there's more to Zachary than the stories he tells, and he wants to know the boy behind the billing. Toby is in for a summer like any other, a summer sure to change his life.
A Five Challenge Wild Release on a picnic table between the volleyball court and the basketball court at Alta Mesa Park on 9/5 for:
1. You're Such an Animal (Secretariat) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/522418
2. September 2015 Ultimate (jumpingin) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/522766
3. Children's Books (Tatooed Mummy) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/507547
4. Theme Releases 2015 (goldenwattle) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/515678
5. 3 every week for 2015 (hyphen8) http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23/515073
Journal Entry 2 by BOOKWORMINUSALL at Alta Mesa Park on N Alta Mesa and McKellips Road in Mesa, Arizona USA on Sunday, September 6, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (9/6/2015 UTC) at Alta Mesa Park on N Alta Mesa and McKellips Road in Mesa, Arizona USA
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