Publication

2008-05-01 - Scholastic Paperbacks

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Mass Market Paperback

Identifiers

and 5 more

Classifications

  • LCCPZ7.M992 Sl 1996
  • LCCPZ7.M992 Sl 2008

Description

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. Slam never doubted himself on the court until he found himself going one-on-one with his own future, and he didn't have the ball.

Description

17-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris tells of the year in which he transfers to a magnet school for the arts, a more academically challenging, mostly white school. After being the hot shot star of his Harlem high school team, he has to learn to fit in and be a team player at his new school. He may not be able to do anything about the rest of his life--his relationships with his family and friends, his grandmother's illness, his scholastic difficulties, or what goes on in his Harlem neighborhood--but when he gets onto the basketball court, "Slam" feels in control.

First Sentence

Basketball is my thing.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Slam!Mass Market PaperbackScholastic Paperbacks2008-05-01

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