Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

By Walter Dean Myers

Book Overview

Stuff doesn't know anyone when he first moves to 116th Street. But all of that changes when he meets Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Gloria. Stuff and the gang grow close that eventful year, and nothing is ever like it again. That's the year modern science gets them all in jail; Stuff falls in love and is unfaithful; and Cool Clyde and Fast Sam win the dance contest-almost.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140326138
• ISBN13: 9780140326130
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Twenty one years later, I still remember it.

Back in the early 80s, when I was having a hard time reading and nothing could keep my interest, I found this book in a used book store. Something about it caught my attention. I read it and fell in love with the characters. It helped create a love for reading that I never thought I'd have. I never forgot the title and have been meaning to get myself and my niece a copy of it for a while. I'm thrilled that I've found it and I highly recommend it to any young reader.

Fat Albert with an edge

I read this book as a child in the seventies and enjoyed it at the time. Still hold up good nearly three decades later. This portrayal of ghetto life in the 70s among young people is about as accurate as it was funny. Kinda reminds you of a preteen "Cooley High" or Fat Albert with an edge, as these kids deal with realistic problems of drugs, sex, and violence. Overall, a good example of the resilience of young people without getting overly downbeat.

5 years ago

I read this book about 5 years ago,when I was 17.It puts you right there with them that summer,and where ever you at your mind put you right there with them.i think if your a young person you would really enjoy this book.I have been looking for this book for 5 years.I have just found it today.

this is my favorite book!!!

I love this book!!! I read it a few times and got some of my friends to read it, and they loved it too!!! It doesn't matter who you are, or what kind of books you usually read, YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK! it's hilarious at times and touching at other times, and the charaters are great too. You've got to read this book!

This is a good book!

You should read Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, & Stuff. It explains what can happen to people who use drugs. When Stuff, Sam, & Clyde joined the basketball team it said some rules of basketball. The teenagers are really funny. They are happy most of the time because of a club they made called the 116th Street Good People. That is why you should read this book.