This book takes place many years after When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Rylee, Toby's daughter, is struggling to "belong" in her small town of Antler. Twig has had an international trip and comes back seeming more mature or fashionable or something and Rylee feels like she has grown apart. Her best friend Twig seems to be pushing her away and Rylee really doesn't have many friends, so when Joe moves in from New York, Rylee ends up befriending him as she works at her family's snow cone shop during the summer. As people in the town are gifted photos from a deceased neighbor, Rylee hears some about her dad and uncle's experience with Zachary Beaver and Rylee and Joe determine to find him.
Set against the backdrop of 9/11, readers will experience all the angst of middle school and the changing times of friendship, acceptance, and secrets.
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