I am currently reading the book When Zachary Beaver came to town by Kimberley Willis Holt. I had to take a break of reading for a couple days when I went on my trip but now I'm back! Relationships in this book are slowly falling apart as drastic changes happen to the characters.
As I am coming towards the end of the book I realize that Toby and Cal never exactly strengthen their relationship with Zachary. They never became close and one of the questions I have would be: Does Zachary ever have any friends? In the future or the past...
When *SPOILER* Cal's brother Wayne passes away and Toby ditches the funeral to take a walk, their friendship immediately vanishes. I agree with Cal! You can't just ditch your best friends brothers funeral, especially if Toby felt like the only one of cared for Wayne! Toby admired Wayne and always wished he had had a big brother, and a friend. But now it seems that friend is gone.
In conclusion, these friendships have slowly gone downhill, or just didn't move at all. Either way it put in a new perspective of the story for me to look at. Overall a great read!
