Slam by Nick Hornby

This is a novel about a teenage boy named Sam Jones who has a lot of things going for him. His mom has dumped her boyfriend, his teachers are reccomending going to college for art, and he has a new girlfriend. He has a main hobby in skateboarding and talks to his Tony Hawk poster about the good and bad in his life. All of a sudden, a turn for the worse comes, when he becomes a father with his girlfriend Alcicia still being a teen. Suddenly, she seems less attractive, it is tough looking after the baby, and he must go to college aswell. Things are piling up in his life and it seems out of control. How he handles it, and how or if he makes it through this strenuous lifestyle is for you to find out. This book was decent and I would reccomend it to those who are interested in relationships and teen books. Although this book may seem boring, it has a vast amount of good parts aswell. The main point the author was trying to make in this book was events pile up very fast when reckless decisions are made, and that one should take one moment at a time, and have fun in your teen years. This message seemed to lack in the main characters brain, but with any decision he went and talked to the Tony Hawk poster, showing how everyone should have someone to talk to in rough times.