Wombat Waiting Creative and his mordant sense of

and his mordant sense of the indignities and lost opportunities we're prey to in love

letting other people shine

artificial intelligence

But there is danger

Wombat Waiting Creative and his mordant sense ofAn Indie Next pick! 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