Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
First edition
AuthorsWalter Dean Myers
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction,
Published1975 (Viking Press)
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback)
Pages190
ISBN0-670-30874-9
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

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

  1. ↑ "Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff". Kirkus Media LLC. April 1, 1975. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Miranda McDermott (September 24, 2012). "For Teachers: Booktalking "Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff" by Walter Dean Myers". nypl.org. The New York Public Library. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Monica Wyatt. "Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff". commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved April 7, 2017. The episodic story progresses until readers have a bright portrait of these kids who grow up in a tough neighborhood, but who remain kids.
  4. ↑ John F. Caviston; Lillian N. Gerhardt (March 1975). "Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff (Book Review)". School Library Journal. Media Sources Inc. 21 (7): 108. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hearn, Sharon Bell Mathis (May 10, 1987). "Celebrating The Black Experience". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 7, 2017. Warm and humorous glimpses of a group of teenagers in Harlem as they experience the usual adolescent ups and downs and turnarounds.
  6. ↑ "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present". ala.org. American Library Association. 5 April 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2017.


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