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fast talk on a slow track
denzel watson is a fast talker with a system and its made him valedictorian . but when he goes to a summer program at princeton he takes a fall . how can he tell his proud family that he wont be able to cut it in the ivy league instead he spends the rest of the summer selling candy up against top man mello a drop out with a police record . for the first time denzel is forced to take a hard look at himself and how much further he could fall . williams garcia confronts some crucial issues that are generally ignored in ya fiction issues of class and race friendship and competition identity and failure . booklist teens everywhere will be able to identify and commiserate with denzel . school library journal starred review
black honors student denzel watson spends his last summer before college selling candy door to door in new york competing on many levels with the charismatic mello and discovering how to motivate and apply himself