When Zachary Beaver came to town

Title
: 
When Zachary Beaver came to town

Personal Author EPSB
: 
Kimberly Willis. Holt

Summary
: 
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.

Year Published
: 
2003,
 
1999

Physical Description
: 
227 p. ; 22 cm.

Note
: 
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Henry Holt, 1999.

Awards
: 
National Book Award Winner

Subject
: 
Best friends -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
Overweight persons -- Fiction.
 
City and town life -- Texas -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
Texas -- Fiction.

Summary
: 
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.

ISBN
: 
9780440238416

Publisher
: 
New York : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2003, c1999.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
HillcrestPB HOLBook30552000274658Fiction