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Slam


School year: Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 320

Published: 2008

Great for age 12-15 years

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The #1 New York Times bestseller from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity, and About A Boy.For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriendmake that ex-girlfriend Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all. Nick Hornbys poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels ( High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and Juliet, Naked ) and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch, Songbook and Ten Years In The Tub, a collection of his 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the Believer. His screenplay for the film An Education was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in Highbury, north London.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

The Audies
This book was recognised by the The Audies.

The Audies - Ages 12+ Years
This book was recognised in the Ages 12+ Years category by the The Audies.

The Audies - 12+
This book was recognised in the 12+ category of the The Audies.

This book features the following character:

Tony Hawk
This book features Tony Hawk.

"With Sam, Hornby has given us another of his perfectly imperfect male characters... Sparkling." --Chicago Sun-Times

"We want to hear whatever this kid has got to say--the whole scary, hilarious story.... Hornby just makes it look easy." --The Washington Post