Greg “Slam” Harris is a seventeen year old African American boy who lives in the Bronx of Brooklyn. Slam has a mom, a younger brother named Derek, and a father who drinks too much because he lost his last job. Slam began high school at Carver High School. Slam was forced to transfer to Latimer High School due to his grades and because his mother wanted him top get a better education. Latimer High School is a predominately a white school.
Slam has many friends. One of his friends nickname is Ice. Slam and Ice are really close friends. They went to Carver High School together. There is one thing that bothers Slam about Ice. Ice sells drugs. Slam does not how to cope with this. Ice and Slam have the same career goals. Both young men want to go to the NBA and play when they are older. Slam and Ice love the sport of basketball.
Mtisha is a girl that went to school at Carver with Slam and Ice. Mtisha knows that Ice sells drugs and feels the same way that Slam does. Mtisha is afraid of Slam liking another girl because Mtisha likes him a lot. She helps Slam in math because that is one subject that he is doing bad in. Mtisha and her mom go to the Hospital to check on Slam’s grandmother. Mtisha’s mom is close friends with Slam’s mom and grandmother.
Slam has many conflicts with the people around him. Slam has a problem with his basketball coach because Slam does not play the way the coach wants him to play. Derek loses Slam’s video camera and Slam has to find it. Slam has a problem with him self because he wont get his grades up. Slam could give up playing basketball because of his grades.
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