Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life. It's the summer his mother leaves for good. The summer his best friend's brother is serving in Vietnam. And the summer Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in Toby's sleepy Texas town. While it's a summer filled with heartache, it's also a summer of new friendships gained and old friendships renewed. And it's Zachary Beaver who turns the town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever.
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When Zachary Beaver came to town
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During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.
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Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 10, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Friendship, City and town life, Best friends, Overweight persons, Obesity, Overweight teenagers, Large type books, Children's fiction, Texas, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Cities and towns, fiction, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, World War, 1914-1918, Depressions, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, HistoryPlaces
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (Readers Circle)
May 13, 2003, Laurel Leaf
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When Zachary Beaver came to town
2001, Random House Children's Books
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Originally published by Square Fish in 1999.
National Book Award winner
ALA Notable Book
ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults
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This book is about Toby and Cal, they run upon a trailer. In it is supposed to be the fattest man in the world. Cal and Toby go into the trailer and meet him. They have many questions but soon enough they will find if he really is the fattest man. Read this book to see more.
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