| Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff | |
| Authors: | Walter Dean Myers |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction, |
| Published: | 1975 (Viking Press) |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback, paperback) |
| Pages: | 190 |
| Isbn: | 0-670-30874-9 |
| Oclc: | 1173781 |
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.
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]