Slam!
Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · May 6, 2025
An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks!
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- Who it’s for
- Basketball ambition meets the harder question of what comes after the game.
- Themes
- Basketball, Academic struggles, Uncertainty about the future
- Genres
- Basketball, African American YA, School Stories for Teens
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An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks! With a Introduction by Newbery Award winner Kwame Alexander and bonus content by Coretta Scott King Award winner Christopher Myers! 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.
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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.
Court and Consequence
Basketball ambition meets the harder question of what comes after the game.
Come here for
- A gifted player weighing his chances on and off the court
Expect
- School trouble alongside big hopes for the future
Where it sits
| Basketball | 99% |
|---|---|
| African American YA | 71% |
| School Stories for Teens | 54% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Diverse YA Fiction
- School Stories for Teens
- Baseball & Softball
- Authors
- Walter Dean Myers
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- May 6, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Basketball · Academic struggles · Uncertainty about the future
- Reading lane
- Diverse YA Fiction