Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Laurel Leaf (2003), Edition: Reprint, 256 pages
Description
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.
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 1999)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2002)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2002)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2002)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2002)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Winner — 2002)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2003)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2001, 2002)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2003)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2002)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2002)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2003)
The White Ravens (2000)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2003)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2000)
CCBC Choices (2000)
Notable Children's Book (2000)
OYAN Book Rave (2001)