Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life.
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Young People\'s Literature.
At turns passionate and humorous, this extraordinary novel deals sensitively and candidly with obesity, war, and the true power of friendship.
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.
And it\'s Zachary Beaver who turns the Town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever.
While it\'s a summer filled with heartache of every kind, it\'s also a summer of new friendships gained and old friendships renewed.
And the summer that Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in their sleepy Texas town.
It\'s the summer his mother leaves for good; the summer his best friend\'s brother returns from Vietnam in a coffin.
Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life.
National Book Award Winner 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.
And it\'s Zachary Beaver who turns the Town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever.
Then Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in Toby\'s sleepy Texas town.
Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life
