Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

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Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
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First edition
AuthorsWalter Dean Myers
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction,
Published1975 (Viking Press)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback)
Pages190
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OCLC1173781

Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff is a 1975 novel by Walter Dean Myers. It is about a boy, Stuff, moving to 116th Street Harlem, making friends with the neighborhood kids and the adventures they have.

Reception

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Kirkus Reviews in its review of Fast Sam wrote "Stuff can be a little long-winded in Holden Caulfield-like digressions, and his friends awfully earnest in their discussions of sex and drugs, but in general his colloquial first-person narrative projects a sense of enviable group rapport with an easy mix of nostalgia and humor."[1] and the New York Public Library called it "a fun, relaxing read."[2]

Fast Sam has also been reviewed by Common Sense Media,[3] and the School Library Journal.[4]

The Washington Post included Fast Sam in its list of recommended books celebrating the black experience.[5] It also received a 1976 Coretta Scott King Award author honor.[6]

References

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