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Wombat Waiting Children's Country Life Books she finds that human connectionFrom 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