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Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
ISBN 0805095144 (ISBN13: 9780805095142)

SYNOPSIS:
Sam has the rules of slackerhood down: Don’t be late to class. Don’t ever look the teacher in the eye. Develop your blank stare. Since his mom left, he has become an expert in the art of slacking, especially since no one at his new school gets his intense passion for the music of the Pacific Northwest—Nirvana, Hole, Sleater-Kinney. Then his English teacher begins a slam poetry unit and Sam gets paired up with the daunting, scarred, clearly-a-gang-member Luis, who happens to sit next to him in every one of his classes. Slacking is no longer an option—Luis will destroy him.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Patrick Flores-Scott currently teaches struggling elementary readers and math students. He’s written for theatre and the slam poetry stage. Jumped In is his first novel. He lives Seattle with his wife and two young boys.