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Walter Dean Myers

Slam!

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

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Essay Topics

1.

Describe how Slam changes throughout the novel. What prompts this change? Use evidence from the text to support your arguments.

2.

Examine the relationship between Slam and Ice. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different?

3.

Describe Slam’s most impactful relationship and how that relationship affects him throughout the novel.

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