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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 2,303 Ratings and 479 Reviews

Book Description
Read by Will Patton
4 hours 59 minutes, 3 cassettes

1999 National Book Award Winner

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. There are heartaches, frie... More
Book Information
PublisherListening Library
BindingAudio Cassette (51 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages299
ISBN-100807282472
ISBN-13978-0807282472
Publication Date06/06/2000
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About Kimberly Willis Holt (Author) : Kimberly Willis Holt is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Kimberly Willis Holt include When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (Unabridged), Piper... more
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About Will Patton (Narrator, Reader) : Will Patton is a published narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Will Patton include When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, The Sea-Wolf (Ultimate Classics), ... more
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2/28/2009 Kristi Combs tagged as: I read

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2/17/2009 Harold Clark said: A complex but warming story from the South.
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5/2/2008 Tracy Wymer tagged as: I recommend, I read

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