Roy makes a car
By: Mary E. Lyons ; based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston ; illustrated by Terry Widener.
Contributors: Hurston, Zora Neale.; Widener, Terry.; Hurston, Zora Neale.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780689846403
Subjects: Folklore -- United States -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Folklore
Description: Roy Tyle, the best mechanic in the state of Florida, can clean spark plugs just by looking at them, and he takes a two dollar bet that he can make an accident-proof car.
Notes: Adapted from a story in Go Gator and Muddy the Water: writings by Zora Neale Hurston from the Federal Writers' Project by Pamela Bordelon (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1999)