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Square Fish
Square Fish
On Sale: 01/12/2021
ISBN: 9781250235183
272 Pages, Ages 10-14The deluxe collector's edition of the National Book Award–winning middle-grade novel—now with a foreword by New York Times–bestselling and Newbery Honor author Sheila Turnage, as well as updated Q&A content from Kimberly Willis Holt and other bonus material featuring stories and photos of her childhood.
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.
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 returns from Vietnam in a coffin. And the summer that Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in their sleepy Texas town. 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 it's Zachary Beaver who turns the town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever.
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. At turns passionate and humorous, this extraordinary novel deals sensitively and candidly with obesity, war, and the true power of friendship.
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
This title has Common Core… More…
The deluxe collector's edition of the National Book Award–winning middle-grade novel—now with a foreword by New York Times–bestselling and Newbery Honor author Sheila Turnage, as well as updated Q&A content from Kimberly Willis Holt and other bonus material featuring stories and photos of her childhood.
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.
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 returns from Vietnam in a coffin. And the summer that Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in their sleepy Texas town. 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 it's Zachary Beaver who turns the town of Antler upside down and leaves everyone, especially Toby, changed forever.
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. At turns passionate and humorous, this extraordinary novel deals sensitively and candidly with obesity, war, and the true power of friendship.
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
This title has Common Core connections.
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, New Mexico Land of Enchantment, Texas Bluebonnet Award, School Library Best Books of the Year, National Book Awards Winner, NYPL Books for the Teen Age, Booklist Editors' Choice, Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List, Illinois Rebecca Caudill YR Choice Award, ALA Notable Children's Books, Georgia Children's Book Award (U of GA)
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Chapter One
Nothing ever happens in Antler, Texas. Nothing much at all. Until this afternoon, when an old blue Thunderbird pulls a trailer decorated with Christmas lights into the Dairy Maid...
Praise for When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Collector's Edition
Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
An ALA Notable Book
One of ALA’s Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Horn Book Fanfare
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
An American Bookseller “Pick of the Lists”
“This book packs more emotional power than 90 percent of the so-called grown-up novels taking up precious space on bookshelves around the country.” —USA Today
“Holt reinvents the coming-of-age story.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“In her own down-to-earth, people-smart way, Holt offers a gift.” —The Horn Book, starred review
“Holt humanizes the outsider without sentimentality . . . she reveals the freak in all of us, and the power of redemption.” —Booklist, starred review
“[Holt’s] heartwarming and carefully crafted novel . . . drives home the point that everyday life is studded with memorable moments.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Holt has crafted a remarkable story about finding yourself by opening up to the people around you. An excellent choice to read alone or aloud.” —School Library Journal, starred review