The Resource When Zachary Beaver came to town, Kimberly Willis Holt
When Zachary Beaver came to town, Kimberly Willis Holt
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- Summary
- The life of a thirteen-year-old boy named Toby Wilson--who is already struggling with his mother's departure and his best friend's brother's tour of duty in Vietnam--changes forever when another boy, Zachary Beaver, moves to his Texas town
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 224 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780786225156
- Label
- When Zachary Beaver came to town
- Title
- When Zachary Beaver came to town
- Statement of responsibility
- Kimberly Willis Holt
- Subject
-
- trueTeenage misfits
- trueOverweight persons
- Overweight persons -- Fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueSideshows
- trueSmall town life -- Texas
- trueTexas
- trueThirteen-year-old boys
- Texas -- Fiction
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueBest friends
- Best friends -- Fiction
- trueBoys -- Friendship
- City and town life -- Texas -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueFathers
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueOverweight boys
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The life of a thirteen-year-old boy named Toby Wilson--who is already struggling with his mother's departure and his best friend's brother's tour of duty in Vietnam--changes forever when another boy, Zachary Beaver, moves to his Texas town
- 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
- Award
-
- Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades 6-8, 2002.
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 1999.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1999
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2000
- School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 091661
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holt, Kimberly Willis
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Young Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- PZ7.H74023
- LC item number
- Wh 1999
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 700
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 6
- 9
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike large print young adult series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Large type books
- Best friends
- Friendship
- Large type books
- Overweight persons
- City and town life
- Texas
- Friendship
- Overweight persons
- City and town life
- Texas
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- When Zachary Beaver came to town, Kimberly Willis Holt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13944663
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 224 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786225156
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 00025966
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (PPL)5904
- (IMchF)fol05860003
- Label
- When Zachary Beaver came to town, Kimberly Willis Holt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13944663
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 224 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786225156
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 00025966
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (PPL)5904
- (IMchF)fol05860003
Subject
- trueTeenage misfits
- trueOverweight persons
- Overweight persons -- Fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueSideshows
- trueSmall town life -- Texas
- trueTexas
- trueThirteen-year-old boys
- Texas -- Fiction
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueBest friends
- Best friends -- Fiction
- trueBoys -- Friendship
- City and town life -- Texas -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueFathers
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Large type books
- trueOverweight boys
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 1999
- trueNational Book Awards: Young People's Literature
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2000
- trueGreat Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan): Grades 6-8
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 1999
- trueALA Notable Children's Books: 2000
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades 6-8, 2002.
- Award
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 1999.
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1999
- Award
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2000
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.
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