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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781594483455
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 1594483450
Label: Penguin UK
Manufacturer: Penguin UK
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 07, 2008
Publisher: Penguin UK
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Penguin UK
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This novel was a pleasant departure from Horby's usual genre, but one in which he is particularly adept, that of the man-boy stuck in adolescence. In SLAM we find Sam, a 15 year old adolescent skateboarder who finds himself confronting the prospect of fatherhood sooner than he would have hoped.
The genius in this story though, in my opinion, was the hagiographic portrayal of professional skateboarder Tony Hawk (TH) and his autobiography, as messiah and bible respectively. The short life histories being related by TH to Sam through the autobiography formed the equivalent of new testament parables to Sam through which he would seek meaning, in the same way that Christians seek guidance through their interpretation of scripture. The altar for his religion, skating, was a poster of TH in his bedroom to which he would seek guidance from his messiah. The magical aspects of the story, the result of intervention by TH, transported him into a future he knew nothing about, on the ... Read More
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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 that doesn't work, he tries running away, physically and emotionally. And then, an unexplainable thing happens...while he dreams at night, he gets whizzed into the future and is shown an unexpected life that will force him to face the facts and take responsibility for his actions.
SLAM is a frank, vivid, and highly realistic take on teenage pregnancy from a point of view that is completely different from what many are accustomed to. Hornby doesn't waste time by working ... Read More
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Nick Hornby has always specialized in the tales of young, rather lost men in a modern world. "About A Boy," "High Fidelity," et cetera.
Well, this time it's a young, rather lost BOY who is forced to grow up too fast, in Hornby's first foray into young adult fiction, "Slam." It's a gently humorous, rather bewildered story, albeit one that occasionally reads like a sex ed cautionary tale.
Sam is an ordinary kid, from a line of people who always messed up their lives early on. He loves skateboarding, talks to his Tony Hawk poster, wants to be a graphic art designer, and his love life is just starting to bloom. So he's blindsided when his ex-girlfriend Alicia reveals that she's pregnant, and that she intends to keep the baby.
Suddenly Sam is facing Alicia's snobby parents, his shattered dreams, and the fear that he can't be a good dad. Somehow his Tony Hawk poster flashes him months into the future, giving him glimpses of how his life will suddenly twist. ... Read More
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Nick Hornby has always specialized in the tales of young, rather lost men in a modern world. "About A Boy," "High Fidelity," et cetera.
Well, this time it's a young, rather lost BOY who is forced to grow up too fast, in Hornby's first foray into young adult fiction, "Slam." It's a gently humorous, rather bewildered story, albeit one that occasionally reads like a sex ed cautionary tale.
Sam is an ordinary kid, from a line of people who always messed up their lives early on. He loves skateboarding, talks to his Tony Hawk poster, wants to be a graphic art designer, and his love life is just starting to bloom. So he's blindsided when his ex-girlfriend Alicia reveals that she's pregnant, and that she intends to keep the baby.
Suddenly Sam is facing Alicia's snobby parents, his shattered dreams, and the fear that he can't be a good dad. Somehow his Tony Hawk poster flashes him months into the future, giving him glimpses of how his life will suddenly twist. ... Read More
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