I'm a big fan of Nick Hornby. His recent book, Juliet, Naked was fabulous. Slam, is Hornby's first young adult book and although it was funny and enjoyable, it wasn't as brilliant as some of his other titles. The main plot of this story is about Sam, a 16 year old boy who accidentally gets his girlfriend pregnant. Very realistic portrayal of the panic a teenager goes through when his life 'slams' into a wall