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by: Nick Hornby  List Price: $14.00 Amazon.com's Price: $10.78 You Save: $3.22 (23%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781594483455 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 1594483450 Label: Riverhead Trade Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: October 07, 2008 Publisher: Riverhead Trade Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Riverhead Trade Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The #1 New York Times bestseller now in paperback. For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend—make 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 Hornby’s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Suprisingly compelling read, but time travel?This was certainly a different read for me -- though I love YA, I don't usually pick up books with male narrators. 'Slam' was good, though. Centering around teenager Sam as he struggles to grow up and avoid the mistakes of his parents, the narrator finds himself falling deeper and deeper into ensnarement with girlfriend Alicia. When Alicia reveals she's pregnant, Sam must figure out what kind of man he's going to be -- and whether or not he'll let down his mother, Alicia's family and his future child. ... Read More Rating:  - Another YAEver since Luke and Matthew, and in spite of the Pill and Roe v Wade, the unexpected premarital pregnancy has provided a theme for storytelling. Sam, the 16 year old impregnator in this, is himself the offspring of a teenage mother and there are some other twists to the narrative. It's set in suburban London and Sam is skateboarding enthusiast. He is the first person narrator. One of Hornby's gifts is his ability to tell a story in the authentic- sounding voice of a kid what never went to college ... Read More Rating: - Foray into Young AdultI think the main reason people have mixed feelings toward this book is because the book is Nick Hornby's first young adult novel and his fans, for the most part, are not young adults. This does not mean that fans shouldn't read the novel. This doesn't mean Hornby didn't do a splendid job. But if you're reviewing the book, you have to look at it as it is. Hornby does it again. A believable character emerges in between the covers. We come to know a short segment of a persons life. We come to ... Read More Rating: - Women - This is your guide to how men thinkI was trying to think of how to review this book and I thought of two ways. One is the simple, plot based review: Some dude gets his girlfriend pregnant and he learns life is like skating, one slip-up and your whole life can change for the worse. The problem with Hornby is that Hornby doesn't write for the plot. Sure, he usually has clever plot hooks, a single guy goes to single parent support group meetings to hit on women with a higher chance of being loose anywhere except a ... Read More Rating: - a masterpiece that captures the voice of adolescenceSam is sixteen years old and is about to become a dad. What follows is Sam telling his story, from falling in and out of teenage love with Alicia, to attempting to run away from home, to facing his responsibilities, dealing with Alicia's snobby parents and his mother (who had him when she was sixteen), confiding in his poster of Tony Hawk (who sends him into the future), and eventually becoming a dad to his son, Roof. Hornby masterfully tells the story with the true voice and feeling of a sixteen-year-old ... Read More 
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