Slam!
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1996
Word Count 55,306
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 15087, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Schools
- Prejudices
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- High schools
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Prejudices--Fiction
- African Americans
- Schools--Fiction
- High schools--Fiction
- Basketball--Fiction
- Basketball
- Lists With This Book
- Sports Novels
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 1997
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Selection, 1996
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