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Wombat Waiting

Wombat Waiting

by Katherine Applegate

Book Details

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2026
Language: en
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780063221178
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💥Violence
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❤️Love & Romance
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🧠Mental Health
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🍷🚬Substance Use
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😨Fear / Horror

Description

From the Newbery Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan and Odder comes a stunning middle grade standalone novel-in-verse about compassion, resilience, and surprising friendships, following a dog named Wombat in the aftermath of a catastrophic fire.Wombat isn't actually a wombat--but when the homeless dog is discovered, singed and ash-covered after a terrible fire destroys a community, someone tags her with the nickname and it sticks.

Themes & Topics

Children's BooksAnimalsDogsGrowing Up & Facts of LifeFriendship, Social Skills & School LifeScience, Nature & How It WorksDisasters

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