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new cover design for this bestselling title from Nick Hornby

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´There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.´

Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There´s no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum´s got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he´s thinking about college and he´s met someone. Alicia.

Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can´t run (let alone skate) away from this one. He´s a boy facing a man´s problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?

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Hornby, Nick
Nick Hornby is the author of six bestselling novels: High Fidelity; About a Boy; How to be Good; A Long Way Down; Juliet, Naked; and Funny Girl; as well as a novel for young adults, Slam. His non-fiction includes Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I´ve Been Reading. He has written numerous screenplays including the Oscar-nominated An Education and Brooklyn.

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