{"product_id":"as-fast-as-words-could-fly-9781600603488","title":"As Fast As Words Could Fly","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs Fast As Words Could Fly\u003c\/strong\u003e by Pamela M. Tuck. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781600603488.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Mason Steele, an African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, who relies on his inner strength and his typing skills to break racial barriers after he begins attending a \"whites-only\" high school.\nYoung Mason Steele takes pride in turning his fathers excited ramblings about the latest civil rights incidents into handwritten business letters. One day Pa comes home with a gift from his civil rights group: a typewriter. Thrilled with the present, Mason spends all his spare time teaching himself to type. Soon he knows where every letter on the keyboard is located.\nWhen the civil rights group wins a school desegregation case, Mason learns that now he will be attending a formerly all-white high school. Despite his fears and injustice from the students and faculty, Mason perseveres. He does well in school-especially in his typing class. And when he competes in the county typing tournament, Mason decides to take a stand, using his skills to triumph over prejudice and break racial barriers.\nWinner of Lee \u0026amp; Lows New Voices Award, As Fast As Words Could Fly is an inspiring testament to the power of hard work, determination, and belief in yourself to overcome lifes challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lee \u0026 Low Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897740652597,"sku":"ByrdShop_1600603483","price":60.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1600603483_4ca9e74d-01d7-4889-b649-03ab8bc13413_a2492c0d-3641-4ae3-9080-90ccdeb205c9.jpg?v=1790182030","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/as-fast-as-words-could-fly-9781600603488","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}