Slam
Author: Nick Hornby
There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.’,,Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There’s no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum’s got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he’s thinking about college and he’s met someone. A….Read More
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