Slam
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Slam is a coming-of-age novel by Nick Hornby that follows a teenage skateboarder grappling with unexpected fatherhood and the challenges of growing up.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slam canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Nick Hornby ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followsWorkByAuthor | A Long Way Down ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
ⓘ
young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alicia
ⓘ
Sam Jones ⓘ Sam’s father ⓘ Sam’s mother ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-59420-124-2 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
skateboarding
ⓘ
time jumps ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | about 342 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British teenagers
ⓘ
teenage fathers ⓘ unplanned pregnancy ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bittersweet
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ |
| isFollowedByWorkByAuthor | Juliet, Naked ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sam Jones ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableElement | features imagined conversations with Tony Hawk ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | skateboarder ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books
ⓘ
Putnam ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| targetAudience |
teenagers
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
ⓘ
fatherhood ⓘ growing up ⓘ responsibility ⓘ teenage pregnancy ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.