Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

Walter Dean Myers

ISBN 10: 0670308749 / ISBN 13: 9780670308743

Published by The Viking Press, 1975

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0670308749I5N01

Synopsis:

New to 116th street, a young boy soon makes friends and begins a year of unusual experiences.

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, eleven Coretta 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 “Reading is not optional.” In his most-beloved books, Walter explored the themes of taking responsibility for your life and that everyone always gets a second chance.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
Publisher: The Viking Press
Publication Date: 1975
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket