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Title: Slam by Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 0-7807-8672-6 Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Unknown Binding List Price(USD): $12.19

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Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (75 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: All About Ball
Comment: A Review by Amanda

This book was about a teenage boy who loved to play basketball. His nickname is Slam. When Slam transfers too a new school, he tries out for their basketball team. Him and another guy, Nick, were the best ones out there. He made the team, but then he started having problems with his coaches, schoolwork, home life, and teammates. Slam never started in a game, and he knew that he was the best one. This was his problem. His teammates always told him that he had an attitude problem and that's why he never got to start, and Slam didn't like being told this. He only got out in when the team was losing, and he could bring them back for a win.

Three things that I enjoyed about this book is that young adults can easily relate to Slam. Anyone who loves to play basketball, but who are having trouble in school or anything else, are just like Slam. I liked the realism because it talked about one of Slam's friend, Ice, was drug dealing. This book doesn't hide the fact that there are drugs out in the world. One more thing that I liked about this novel was the attitude this book brought alive. In the book, Slam wouldn't give up playing ball even though he didn't start. It just made him work harder to get a starting spot on the team.

I recommend this book to anyone likes realistic books and sports. This is a great book for teenagers especially because they can relate to it more than others.

Rating: 4
Summary: ~~~SLAM INTO DREAMS~~~
Comment: I think that this book has been one of my favorites book that I have read! This book is awsome for teenagers, cause this book is like a basic life of teenagers dreaming for what they want to be in life. For example this book relates to my life cause I got dreams like "SLAM" did who dreams where to be a famous basketball player, and me been a famous football player. This books also talks about true love and friendship. Slam was messing with two girls (Mtisha & Kicky), which mostly of us guys do this days, which is good and bad. But at the end Slam listen to his heart which his love was Mtisha. Slam was a nice guy with his friends cause he try to help them, cause one of his friend was a crack head, so he didnt like that, and he didnt wanted to be one either. Slam was one of the best player for his school which was Carver in Harlem. At the end of the book Slam scores the winning point which took his team to the CHAMPIONSHIP. Thing that i'm planning to do..hahaha..if I can. Well I hope you guys who read this agree with me, which this book base on life of teenagers.

Rating: 4
Summary: Slam! Review
Comment: Recently in my literature class we read Slam!. The book is one of the best stories about life that I have ever read. Walter Dean Myers really did a good job writing a book about someone's life experiences. I took the time to really read it. I rarely ever read a book that a teacher assigns unless it is really good. I loved this book, I was ahead of the rest of the class the second day that we started reading the book. I gave the time to read it twice just so I could give the right review.
It is a book with mixed styles of writing, (mystery, adventure, etc....). This book is a mystery inside of an adventure. I really love mysteries but the adventure part of the book added to the book. The main point of this book is about a 15-year-old boy named Slam. He has a big attitude problem, and thinks he is better than everybody else. He learns throughout the book that his attitude isn't going to get him anywhere and that he needs to straighten up, or he will never go play college ball.
Right before he starts the school year he has to transfer schools, he was going to a city school and then he goes to a prep school where he doesn't really like to go. He has a friend at the city school named Ice, it is his best friend, they grew up together and now someone else thinks Ice is dealing drugs. The person who thinks he is dealing is a girl named Mtisha. Slam and her are like boyfriend and girlfriend but they do not say it. That is the mystery part of the whole book. Myers lets it flow through the whole book. That is all I am going to tell you about the book, I don't want to give the whole thing away.
On a rating scale of 1-10 I would give this book a 9. I would recommend you to read this book if you like sports. It is one of the best sport books ever written in my opinion because of the detail used in the games, and the real life experiences off the court.