Slam!

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Summary: Slam
Review: Chris Thompson
Ms. Putnam
English III/4th
10 October 2001

SLAM
by: Walter Dean Myers
Fiction

The theme of this book is: If you work hard at something, you will eventually achieve it.

I would recommend this book to all teenagers of all racial backgrouds because everyone can relate to it.

The story started out introducing all of Greg "Slam" Harris' family members. Greg and his family lives in a suburb house in the "hood". Greg has the potential to go all the way to the professional leagues in basketball if he just keeps his grades right in school. Greg just switched schools from the all black Carver, to the predominately white Latimer. This new school is much more strict on the curriculum and it is showing through his grades. Another problem is that everytime a teacher tells Greg about his grades, he just gets mad and doesn't want to hear it. Greg was helped by a tutor and started to do better in his school work. Next, Greg was faced with another problem. His friend "Ice" was selling drugs, but Greg did not know how to bring up the issue to him without Ice thinking he is dissing him. With the love of basketball, Greg brought his friend in the right direction.

This book will be very memorable for me, because it showed me how to overcome certain struggles in my life. This book kept me wanting to read more and more.

The only mattre that the book left out in my opinion, was the fact that the audience does not know what Greg does after high school. I wanted to know if he really went to the pros or not.

The book affected me in the fact that when something will seem hard for me, I will strive to work harder.

This book was very enjoyable and entertaining, and I wish that everyone could read this book because it teaches humans how to keep special relationships work.

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: I'm 14 years old, and this is the first book i've read by Walter Dean Myers. This is my favorite book i've ever read and I've read some pretty good books. Theres always something going on, the way he writes the basketball game being played reminds me of Matt Christopher from when i was younger only Myers is better. This book is outstanding and I can't stress more how much I enjoyed it. I don't even enjoy reading but let me tell you , I enjoyed this.

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Summary: Slam
Review: The main character of the book named Slam was a great basketball payer. He was mostly all everything, and his parents made him move to a new school because he was having trouble in his other one cause of all the distractions. So his parents moved him to a high academic school. So after he moved out of his school his best friend kept on messing around and saying things about him, just playing aroumd with him. So after all Slam made the basketball team for his new school and he was the best on the team but the coach hated him and he hardly ever let him play ecause he thought he was showing off everytime he got the ball. So by the end of the year Slam and the coach had earned the respect for each other. The championship game was Slams school and Carver, Slams old school. So Slams team fought hard and ended up wit the win. So the after party at Slams best friends house was a great party until he saw his best friend dealing drugs so he got up and left.
The book was a great book, all through it i wanted to read it more and more. The settings made me really feel like i wsa there and the charaters were so realistic it was amazing. All the book was great until the end, the ending was a little bad but it was still good.That was the only reason i didnt give the book 5 stars and i ended up giving it 4 stars.

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Summary: slam
Review: I liked this book alot because it is about an affrican american ,tryin to make the school basketball team . The kid lives in the ghetto and is called slam because when he tryed out for the team he slam dunked over the coach. Another reason i lked slam was it is canda how I live. the kid was very motavated and he had some tuff desisions the make , like his friend known as ice was acused of bein a drug dealer. slam had to ask him about it and it hurt ices feelings but he made a good dession and they are really good freind. but in school slam moves to a defferebt school and a defferent team , and they end up playin each other and slams team wins . and that is why i liked it .

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Summary: Slam!... the review
Review: This book changed the way i look at life, it is the best book i have ever read/ever will read. It will make you take a new prespective on life and how you live it. I highly recomend this book to everyone from the 7th grade to the 12th grade.

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Summary: Slam's game is like his temper-hard and fast
Review: Seventeen-year-old Greg "slam" Harris can do it all on the basketbell court.He's seen ballplayers come and go,and he know he could be one of the lucky ones. Maybe he'll make it to the top.Or maybe, like his man Ice,he'll stumble alon the way. Slam's grades aren't so hot. And when his theachers jam his troubles in his face.he blows up.Slam never doubted himself on the court until he found himself going on-on-one with hos own future. and he didn't have the ball

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Summary: Great!
Review: This is story about a basketball player that loves to show off.He is more than a show-off though.It is really about teenage guy nicknamed Slam with a little brother that looks up to him, a hardworking mother, an undependable father,a bestfriend that used to be close to him, and a girl that wants him to reach high. This is a good book to read even if you don't know much about sports,but it is better if you do because you can imagine the games better.Still don't pass this book up if you don't really know basetball.

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Summary: Slam!
Review: This fantastic book is about a boy who loves to play basketball. His name is Gregory, but people call him Slam. Slam gets bad grades in school. He was transferred from another school. His best friend, Ice, is the best basketball player in Slam's old school, but he starts dealing (on drugs). Will slam be able to help his friend Ice? Read this book to find out what happens next.

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Summary: Slam
Review: May 9,2001

Slam, written by Walter Dean Myers is a great story about the life of a 17-year-old boy from Harlem. This story is about a young high school boy that loves the game of basketball. His name is Greg Harris, but people call him "Slam" because of his ability to slam the ball. The book exposes some life problems that a regular teenager faces in life, particularly the ones that live in New York City. His grades are not so hot and he seems to make some serious decisions that will make a big difference in his life. This book is a good life story and teaches you some very good lessons. Slam knows he has potential and could be one of the lucky ballplayers to make it to the NBA. But, when he moves to a magnet school, things just start to go downhill. His best friend, Ice, who also has incredible talent in basketball, gets involved with drugs. Slam wants to help, but he has problems of his own. His grades are bad, he doesn't get along with the staff at his school, and the basketball coach doesn't approve with his style of playing basketball. This book does a good job of portraying real-life situations. The reader can really get inside the head of the characters, making the book great. Many teenagers have similar problems, like grades and drugs. A couple times, Slam tires to talk to Ice about his involvement in drugs, but each time Ice finds a way to change the subject. This predicament marks the end of their friendship. Slam knows that he cant get involved with drugs because he has too much on the line to risk. This can be related to real life because sometimes in life you want to help your friends do the right thing, but there is only so much you can do. As the book goes on, things start to work out okay for Slam. He brings up his grades and his coach starts to understand him some more. In a final basketball game, Slam and Ice face each other on the court, and the changes in their friendship are played out on the court. The ending seemed unexpected, though it was a good one. I think this book will be easily understood for a person who plays sports and can really understand what he has to go through. I really liked the way this book was written and definitely recommend this book for everyone, even people who don't know too much about sports.

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Summary: this is not a great book
Review: ok, this book is not the book i actually thought of thinking about.it kept on changing the subject every chapter, and it doesnt keep the story under the book's name which is "Slam." i wouldnt recommend this book to anybody my age who are into basketball, cuz its just a waste of time reading a basketball book, that hardly talks about basketball.