- Published: New York : Holt, 1999.
- Year Published: 1999
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 227 p. ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 700
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0440229049 :
- 0805061169 :
Subjects
- Best friends -- Fiction.
- Overweight persons -- Fiction.
- City and town life -- Fiction. -- Texas
- Texas -- Fiction.
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Call number: Teen Fiction, Teen Fiction (Paperback), Y Fiction
Available Copies: Downtown Teen, Downtown Youth
Additional Details
Youth level.
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.
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This book is soooooooooooo good. I recomend it to EVERYONE. Its about a boy who goes through so really hard times.
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