Slam!
by Walter Dean Myers
Taste attributes: teensportsdramafastwholesomerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthunderdog triumphscoming of age
Boxlist takeAn intimate book that is moving, uncomplicated and warm-hearted. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris can do it all on the basketball court. He's seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the lucky ones. Maybe he'll make it to the top. Or maybe he'll stumble along the way. Slam's grades aren't that hot. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, he blows up.
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- Author
- Walter Dean Myers
- Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 277
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- Open Library
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