Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff (Novel-Ties) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569826358 ISBN 13: 9781569826355

Synopsis

Francis (soon to be nicknamed Stuff) doesnat know anyone when he first moves to 116th Street in Harlem. But all that changes when he meets Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Gloria. Stuff and the gang grow close that eventful year, and nothing is ever quite the same. Itas the year modern science gets them all in jail, Stuff falls in love and is unfaithful, and Cool Clyde and Fast Sam win the dance contestaalmost. In this lively and funny book, Walter Dean Myers brings to life with tenderness and good humor a group of kids who together grow to know the meaning of friendship.

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Review

Alternately funny [and] sad, but always very natural and appealing. (School Library Journal)

About the Author

1937 2014
Walter Dean Myers s fiction and nonfiction books have reached millions of young people. A prolific author of more than one hundred titles, he received every major award in the field of children s literature. He wrote two Newbery Honor Books, elevenCoretta Scott King Award winners, three National Book Award finalists, and the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. He also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and was the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was a 2010 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award numerous times. From 2012 to 2013, he served as the National Ambassador for Young People s Literature with the platform Readingis not optional. In his most-beloved books, Walter explored the themes of taking responsibility for your life and that everyone always getsa second chance.

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Edition details

• ISBN 10: 1569826358
• ISBN 13: 9781569826355
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English