Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip by Linda Oatman High; Linda Oatman-High
	List Price:   $7.95 Unit Price:   $6.36 You Save:   $1.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   1582348960 ISBN-13:   9781582348964 Publisher:   Macmillan; Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Edition:   Reprint Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   April 2006 Pages:   256 Format:   Paperback
Awards
1995  Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
I was smitten, bitten by a love bug or something. I didn't even care that I'd just been hit. I was in deep smit. Laura Crapper, a seventeen-year-old combat-boot-wearing poet with spiked red hair, renames herself Sister Slam and hits the road with her best friend, Twig. On the way to a slam poetry contest in New Jersey, they hit a pig, get pulled over by the cops, fight with one of the judges, lose the contest, get into two more fender benders, fight with each other, and finally land on the front page of a New York City newspaper for their amazing impromptu performance at the famous Tavern on the Green. The girls and their fresh style of poetry take the city by storm, but when Laura's father back in Pennsylvania has a heart attack, she must face her fears about home and the still-raw loss of her mother. This inspiring romp of a coming-of-age story, written entirely in Laura's in-your-face slam poetry style, proves you don't have to give up your home to live your dream.