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Fast Talk on a Slow Track

by Rita Williams-garcia

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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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780141302317
Author:
Williams-Garcia, Rita
Publisher:
Puffin
Author:
Williams-Garcia, Rita
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's fiction
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Selling
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Social Situations - General
Subject:
Self-perception
Subject:
New York
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Social Issues - General
Subject:
Ethnic - African American
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) Fiction.
Subject:
Self-perception -- Fiction.
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-General
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
1177-3
Publication Date:
19981201
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from P up to K
Language:
English
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
7.15x4.43x.40 in. .22 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17
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