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Slam

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THE HILARIOUS COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ABOUT A BOY'Touching, very funny' Guardian __________________ 'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.'Sam is sixteen and a skater.

Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding.

There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam; his Mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone.

Alicia. Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life.

Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?Slam is a novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry.

It is The Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century. ______________'Very funny...very real' Daily Telegraph'Hornby gets his point across with the subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read' Independent'A moving read for anyone' Elle

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Penguin Books Ltd
0241969840 / 9780241969847
Paperback / softback
823.92
02/01/2014
United Kingdom
English
292 pages
20 cm
Quiz No: 211712, Points 11.00, Book Level 4.40,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: 2007.