Slam
by Hornby, Nick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 014138297X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141382975
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Penguin Books, 2007 9780141382975. Hardback. Fine/VG. First edition. First printing. Number 1. No annotations or inscriptions. DW is not price-clipped but has some slight wear at top and one small nick repaired. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering and motif to spine, orange endpapers. Octavo. pp. [8], 296. The book's main theme is teenage pregnancy and it is written from the perspective of a teenager. The book has a Fantasy element: Sam, the protagonist, repeatedly has prophetic dreams in which he is projected months or years forward into his future, finding himself in a radically different life situation and having to piece out how his life has changed (or is going to change) - without letting the people around his future self notice his ignorance. "Whoever invented skateboarding is a genius. There's only one skater, and his name's Tony Hawk. It doesn't matter if you don't know who he is, just trust me. Not only is Hawk the world's best skater, he's also good to talk to. So I talk to Tony Hawk, and Tony Hawk talks back. Because just when it seemed like everything had come together for me, I had to go and screw it all up. It only took two seconds. But all of me knew. One risk. One mistake and my life would never be the same. Hawk had a few things to say. And a few things to show me. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see your own future?" .
Synopsis
Bestselling author Nick Hornby delivers his first novel for young adults.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2398
- Title
- Slam
- Author
- Hornby, Nick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 014138297X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141382975
- Publisher
- London: Penguin Books, 2007 9780141382975
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Skateboarding Teenage Pregnancy Adolescence Risks Futures Fantasy Dreams
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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