Wombat Waiting Children's Country Life Books readers will:

readers will:

visionary Akwaeke Emezi

But matchmaking means stepping into the mystifying and illogical world of love

As Persephone contemplates her future

But for Anna

Wombat Waiting Children's Country Life Books readers will:From the Newbery Award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan and Odder comes a stunning new middle grade standalone novel about compassion, resilience, and surprising friendships, following a dog named Wombat in the aftermath of a catastrophic fire. Wombat isnt actually a wombatbut when the homeless dog is discovered, singed and ash covered after a terrible fire destroys a community, someone tags her with the nickname