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As Fast as Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck – Paperback | Standalone
$12.95
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As Fast as Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck – Paperback | Standalone
$12.95
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Discover an inspiring story of courage, determination, and breaking barriers in As Fast as Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck, illustrated by Eric Velasquez.
Inspired by the author’s father’s childhood experiences, this historical picture book follows Mason Steele, a young Black student in 1960s North Carolina who uses his talent for typing to stand against prejudice after integrating a formerly all-white school.
As Fast as Words Could Fly – An Inspiring Civil Rights Picture Book
Book Details:
- Author: Pamela M. Tuck
- Illustrator: Eric Velasquez
- Format: Paperback
- Standalone Book
- 40 pages
- Dimensions: 0.3" × 10.3" × 8.3"
- Publication Date: September 4, 2018
- Genre: Children’s Historical Fiction / Picture Book
- Inspired by real family history
- Winner of Lee & Low’s New Voices Award
- Storyline Online selection
Accelerated Reader:
- Interest Level: Lower Grades, K–3
- Reading Level: 4.3
- Point Value: 0.5
- Quiz: As Fast as Words Could Fly
Great For:
- Elementary readers
- Classroom libraries
- Teachers and educators
- Homeschool history lessons
- Civil Rights history
- Black history reading
- Picture book collections
- School and library gifts
- Children learning about perseverance and equality