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Tuck, Pamela M.

As Fast as Words Could Fly

32 pp. | Lee | April, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60060-348-8 $18.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Mason, a black teenager living in Greenville, North Carolina, in the 1960s, receives a manual typewriter from his father's civil rights group as thanks for writing letters for the activists; he uses it to compete against white students in a high school typing tournament. The fine oil paintings are worthy of this multifaceted story; an author's note explains its origin.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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