Authors | Walter Dean Myers |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult fiction, |
Published | 1975 ( Viking Press) |
Media type | Print ( hardback, paperback) |
Pages | 190 |
ISBN | 0-670-30874-9 |
OCLC | 1173781 |
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.
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]
The episodic story progresses until readers have a bright portrait of these kids who grow up in a tough neighborhood, but who remain kids.
Warm and humorous glimpses of a group of teenagers in Harlem as they experience the usual adolescent ups and downs and turnarounds.