Kimberly Willis Holt''s The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the National Book Award-winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby''s life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby''s daughter Rylee is at a crossroads-her best friend Twig has started pushing her away just as Ben, a new kid from New York, settles into their small town of Antler. Rylee befriends Ben and learns that Ben''s father was a first responder on 9/11. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee''s father almost thirty years later.
This beautiful middle grade novel is a tribute to friendships-old and new-and explores the challenges of rebuilding what may seem lost or destroyed.
Christy Ottaviano Books
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