When Zachary Beaver came to town / Kimberly Willis Holt.
Record details
- ISBN: 0440229049 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 227 p. ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Dell Yearling, 2001, c1999.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Yearling book." First published: New York : Holt, 1999. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | 5.0 Follett Library Resources 5-8 |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR 4.5 6.0 34759 |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, [Intermediate], 2002. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Best friends > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Overweight persons > Fiction. City and town life > Texas > Fiction. Texas > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 22 of 22 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ansonia Public Library | J. HOLT, KIMBERLY (Text) | 34045061615303 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | J HOLT (Text) | 34000073871642 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J FIC HOLT (Text) | 34014132985939 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J FIC HOLT (Text) | 34014133018201 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School | FIC HOL (Text) | 30786000363026 | Reading Support | Available | - |
East Side Branch - Bridgeport | J HOLT (Text) | 34000072585334 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Guilford Smith Library - South Windham | JF HOL (Text) | 34059081332732 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | J PB HOLT (Text) | 31953001238123 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Janet Carlson Calvert Library - Franklin | JF HOL c. 2 (Text) | 33345000083543 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Mary R Fisher School | HOLT (Text) | 34065094719435 | Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
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Summary
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Nothing ever happens in Toby's small Texas town. Nothing much until this summer that's full of big changes. It's tough for Toby when his mother leaves home to become a country singer. And Toby takes it hard when his best friend Cal's older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. But now their sleepy town is about to get an even bigger jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. Toby is in for a summer unlike any other, a summer sure to change his life.