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As the book progresses, Harris is now attempting to put effort towards school work. Harris often finds himself to be completely frustrated as his teachers are now riding him harder then ever. Slam now feels as if his life revolves around all work and no play. His grades are starting to show improvement but his team has already lost their first five games. Harris is now realizing that his season might be lost.

As the story continues, Harris soon finds that his lack of effort in school is the biggest obstacle to his game on the court. His failing grades have prevented him from playing in the first three games of the season. Without Harris, the rest of the team struggles, as they lose all three games. Harris is now more frustrated than ever and has made the decision to finally give school a shot.

As the story rolls on we find out that the main character, Greg Slam Harris, is the kid that no passion for school and no respect for others. He is a kid that is selfish, independent, and cocky. Greg's only upside is that he has a great amount of talent on the basketball court. His nickname "Slam" comes from the way he dunks the ball. However, Greg's only upside gets taken away from him as his grades are failing.

By looking at the cover picture of Slam! I immediatly guessed that the protagonist in this novel would be a basketball player who was either affected by or in jail. However, this story and the main character could not of been more different then my initial opinion. Thus far, Slam! has caught my attention from the very first chapter.