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Slam
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780399250484
ISBN: 0399250484
Label: Putnam Juvenile
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: October 16, 2007
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Putnam Juvenile
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Editorial Review:
Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriendbecause by the time she tells him shes pregnant, theyve already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad.
Theres only one person Sam can turn tohis hero, skating legend Tony Hawk. Sam believes the answers to lifes hurdles can be found in Hawks autobiography. But even Tony Hawk isnt offering answers this timeor is he? In this wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy unexpectedly thrust into fatherhood, its up to Sam to make the right decisions so the bad things that could happen, well, dont.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - For adults too
This was supposed to be teen-fiction but, as an adult Hornby fan, I had to get it. I'd say the only thing that makes it teen-fiction is that it's told in the first person by a 16 year-old boy. Other than that we still have Hornbys' clever insights and humour all the way through. It is about a boy(Sam) who gets his girlfriend (Alicia) pregnant but doesn't find out till just after he dumps her. All the pressure Sam feels to be a man when he still wants to be a kid and go skating (skateboarding- not ... Read More
Rating:  - Puerile
Nick Hornby has always walked a fine line between seeing the humour in every day life situations and celebrating the idiocy of mainstream pop culture. While High Fidelity and a Long Way Down were laugh out loud hilarious, and packed with wit, Hornby has slowly but steadily moved to a point where his characters are so deeply embedded in the mainstream that his work is becoming nauseating for anyone who doesn't consider a viewing Pop Idols accompanied by a Big Mac to be the realisation of the profundity ... Read More
Rating:  - Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Sam figures that his life is going pretty well. He's doing all right in school, he gets along with his mom, he has a great girlfriend, and is getting good at skateboarding. He has aspirations of attending college, unlike his mom, who had to drop out of school when she became pregnant with him.
But all of his dreams come crashing down when his girlfriend, Alicia, tells him that she's pregnant. And she has no intention of getting rid of the baby.
Sam spooks. He goes into denial. ... Read More
Rating: - The Compulsive Reader's Reviews
Sam figures that his life is going pretty well. He's doing all right in school, he gets along with his mom, he has a great girlfriend, and is getting good at skateboarding. He has aspirations of attending college, unlike his mom, who had to drop out of school when she became pregnant with him. But all of his dreams come crashing down when his girlfriend Alicia tells him that she's pregnant...and she has no intention of getting rid of the baby.
Sam spooks. He goes into denial. When ... Read More
Rating:  - good but not hornby good
"How to be Good" was my first hornby read so i'm a latecomer. However, since then, I've read most everything he's put out including Fever Pitch, About a Boy, High Fidelity, etc...Slam, although not a bad read, was by far the least interesting for me. Hornby gets into the mind of a 16 year old kid but in the end, that's what made me question the quality of the book or it's readability at least. Sam's vernacular and pubescent bearing just kind of got on my nerves...they do, however, make for some fairly funny ... Read More
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