Slam

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?" .