Fast Talk on a Slow Track Contributor(s): Williams-Garcia, Rita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0141302313 ISBN-13: 9780141302317 Publisher: Puffin Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 1998 Annotation: 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. |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 8-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 3-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 730(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.43" W x 7.15" L (0.22 lbs) 192 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/21/1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 6917 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
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Publisher Description: 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 |
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