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ISBN: 0141302313

ISBN13: 9780141302317

Fast Talk on a Slow Track

Name: Fast Talk on a Slow Track
Item: Fast Talk on a Slow Track
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by Rita Williams-Garcia

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From National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

Denzel Watson is a fast talker with a system, and it's made him valedictorian. But when he goes to a summer program at Princeton, he takes a fall. How can he tell his proud family that he won't be able to cut it in the Ivy League? Instead, he spends the rest of the summer selling candy, up against "Top Man" Mello, a drop-out with a police record. For the first time, Denzel is forced to take a hard look at himself -- and how much further he could fall.

"Williams-Garcia confronts some crucial issues that are generally ignored in YA fiction: issues of class and race, friendship and competition, identity and failure." --Booklist
"Teens everywhere will be able to identify and commiserate with Denzel." School Library Journal, starred review

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0141302313

ISBN13:9780141302317

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:Puffin Books

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 4.4" x 7.2"

Age Range:8 to 12 years

Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7

Related Subjects

13 - 17 Years African-American Children's Children's Books Friendship, Social Skills & School Life Multicultural Stories Multiculturalism Social Skills Teen & Young Adult

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