Where Does Slam Take Place

Harlem. Harlem is the main setting for the novel “Slam!” by Walter Dean Myers

What school did Slam go to?

Slam lives in Harlem and attends the prestigious magnet school Latimer in the South Bronx. The school is predominantly white.

What is the climax in the book Slam?

The climax of the story is when Mtisha finds Greg’s lost video camera and he gets it back. His Latimer High School team plays Carver High School which was the school he used to go to.

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