Ambassador of Nowhere Texas

By Kimberly Willis Holt

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 Joe, a new kid from New York, settles into their small town of Antler. Rylee befriends Joe and learns that Joe'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

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GN2LR51C
• ISBN13: 9798855059229
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books
• Length: 314 Pages
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9