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Slammed

Colleen Hoover

Slammed #1

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A grieving girl and her new neighbor find hope in poetry — until they discover why they can't be together.

Content Warnings
death of loved onegrief

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Eighteen-year-old Layken struggles with holding her family together after her father dies, until she develops a relationship with her new neighbor, Will, who has a passion for poetry slams and gives her a new sense of hope.

Slammed series

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