Kimberly Willis Holt

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, Zachary Beaver, "the fattest boy in the world." Over the course of the summer the three boys become friends and learn about life from each other.

A young girl comes of age in this bittersweet story of family pride in the rural South of the 1950s. A movie for anyone who has ever been surprised by the small miracles of life, touched by memories, and thankful for booth.