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Age Range
7 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2013-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
Lee and Low Books Inc
Grade Level
2nd - 7th
ISBN
9781600603488
Lexile
AD700L
Themes
civil rights movement
desegregation

As Fast As Words Could Fly

Written by Pamela M. Tuck and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Mason Steele is proud of his father's work with a civil rights group and writes handwritten notes about his father's work. He is very excited when his father comes home with a typewriter for him, which he quickly learns to use. Mason puts his new skill to good use when he is sent to an all-white school as part of victory in a desegregation lawsuit. Then Mason finds a way to really make a difference.

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Age Range
7 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2013-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
Lee and Low Books Inc
Grade Level
2nd - 7th
ISBN
9781600603488
Lexile
AD700L
Themes
civil rights movement
desegregation
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