The main characters are Sam, who the story is based around, Alicia, Sam’s girlfriend, and Roof, Sam and Alicia’s baby. Some of the other characters are Sam and Alicia’s parents and Sam’s skating friends.
My favourite character was Alicia, mainly because I felt that I could relate to her more than the other characters. This was probably because she was a girl, like me, and roughly the same age.
The basic plot is that Sam meets a girl called Alicia at a party that he thought would be really boring. Eventually, they start a relationship together and are with each other basically all the time. After a while Sam gets ‘bored’ of Alicia, but then she finds out she’s pregnant.
A lot of the book is about how Sam and Alicia deal with this and about their baby, Roof. In the background, though, there is another, quieter storyline going on. Sam has a poster of a skating legend, Tony Hawk, on his wall. Sam talks to Tony and he is the only person who he tells everything to. Sam believes that Tony also replies to him when he talks to him. One night, Sam gets very angry with Tony and while he is sleeping he gets ‘slammed’ into the future and sees his life with Alicia and Roof, so there is also this plot going on in the background.
The atmosphere of the book is not tense or exciting or anything like that, but I think that the reader does really want to see what will happen with Sam and Alicia and how their relationship will turn out, especially with Roof on the way.
The most exciting moment in the book was probably the first time Sam gets ‘slammed’ into the future because it’s interesting to see what his life is going to be like in 9 months time. It’s also quite exciting when he runs away because it makes you want to know whether he will choose to come back or not. The part where he runs away is sort of the turning point of the book, so it’s quite exciting.
The best things about this book were some of the conversations between Sam and Alicia, especially earlier on in their relationship, because they were quite amusing. I think the worst things for me were the huge chunks about skating, because I’m not exactly a huge fan of skating, and also when he gets ‘slammed’ into the future, it can be quite hard to realise what’s happened.
The book made me think a bit more about guys who are teenage parents because you only really hear about the mums.
I think that mainly boys would like this book, especially guys who like skating. But I’m a girl and I enjoyed it too. I think it’s probably suitable for ages roughly 15 and above. I would rate this book 8/10.
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