Chapter 1

I have now read the first chapter of the novel "Slam" by the bestselling author Nick Hornby, and I have gotten a picture of what the book is about. Chapter one is a short intro told by the main character Sam about the story he is going to tell later in the book from when he was fifteen. Sam refers to the time when he was fifteen, almost sixteen, as the time when his life was ticking along quite nice. He had learned two new skateboard tricks, his mother had left her horrible boyfriend, and he met Alicia. We don’t get to know Alicia yet, but we do get to know that she means a lot to Sam. We also get to know that skateboarding is a very big part of Sam’s life, and that his biggest hero in the world is the world famous skater Tony Hawk. Sam has a poster of Tony Hawk in his room which he talks to about his life, but mostly skating. He have read Tony Hawk’s book “Hawk-Occupation: Skateboarder” forty to fifty times, so the poster answers with quotes form that book.

Chapter one is not about more than that, it was a short chapter but filled with a lot of hints for the rest of the novel. I can understand that skateboarding is a big part of the book, but it also seems like a love story between Sam and Alicia.

I realy enjoyed the first chapter, and it seems like a book I will enjoy reading. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book.