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Summary Of Slam By Greg Harris
Greg “Slam” Harris is a seventeen-year old who lives in Harlem and attends the famous school Latimer in South Bronx. The school is mostly white. He is a 6 foot 4, talented basketball player with the dream to make it to the NBA. Unfortunately, throughout the whole story Slam deals with a lot of problems in his life. He is struggling with his grades while his family is dealing with an ill grandmother. He pretty much takes care of his brother and mother while dealing with his drunken father. Despite all these problems he doesn't let them interfere with his basketball play. He ends up being the star player on the new basketball team. The season continues and Greg is still not a starter. The coach says that his bad attitude is keeping him from being
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