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12 - 17
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2008-01-01
Page Count
288
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Grade Level
7th - 12th
ISBN
9780545055741
Themes
coming of age

Slam!

Written by Walter Dean Myers
Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris thinks that basketball is his ticket out of Harlem, but first he must come to terms with many difficult realities of his life. He is almost flunking out of school, his grandmother is dying, his father is out of work and drinking again, and his best friend appears to be dealing crack. Slam has a bad attitude and is difficult to be around. It's only he starts to realize that he must take responsibility for his actions does his life on and off the court improve.
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Age Range
12 - 17
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2008-01-01
Page Count
288
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Grade Level
7th - 12th
ISBN
9780545055741
Themes
coming of age
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