Belongs to D. Smith

The book Slam! by Walter Dean Myers, Is about a 17 year old boy named Greg. He is a great basketball player one of the best at his school. On the court he was the greatest. Off the court his life was a mess. His Grandmother was on her death bed, his grades were horrible and starting to get worse and on top of that he finds out toward the end of the book that his best friend Ice that he has grown up with and knew all his life was dealing crack. Greg is in love with this girl named Mtisha and she helps him by tutoring him in math so he can stay on the basketball team. Slam tryouts and makes the basketball team but doesn’t get to play a lot because the couch thinks slam is a showboat. At the end of the book slam’s team and Ice’s team play each other in the state tournament. But after the game slam finds out Ice has been dealing crack and they get in a fight and it ends their friendship. This is a great book it has the same writing style as most books.

This book is about a boy named Greg Harris. But he goes by slam as a nickname. He got this nickname from being a huge basketball player. Its because he can slam th ball in the rim! He has an ok life. His grandma is in the hospital and is sick. HIm mom and family dont really hang out that much he is always on the go. For a class project he is doing a recording of his life with a partner in his class. But along the way his brother lost the video camra and he didnt have it for quite awhile. He finally got it back a couple weeks latter. He has alot of good friends that always have his back and they get along quite well. THey all play ball together at school there a great team they have alot of intensity. They all want to win and know that the game is very serious! Him and his girlfriend have had some issues because at one point him and his friend ice went out for drive. Ice's girl and one of her freinds came along and slam and the friend ended up making out in the back seat of the car while he had a girlfriend. SO him and his girl broke up. latter on they got back together though. When they play ball slam knows he has the skills and he knows he is better then people and he doesnt understand why he doesnt start. Then he was thinking and he thought that the coach only used him when they needed him. He felt used and guys kept giving him crap about it. But he would just come back with the attitude and say that he has game and he could take then one on one anyday and win. ( )

The book slam was about this kid how wont to play basketball. He has no friend. He gets in trouble at school. He got suspended once from school for a month. He is getting F's every subject and every marking period. He is having trouble at school.
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Concerns the dilemmas faced by an African-American teen who attends and plays basketball for a mostly white magnet school for the arts. - Dr. Kottke