Layken is a sixteen year old girl who has just lost her father She is struggling to cope with her grief and her new reality and she is trying to keep her family together When she moves to a new town she meets Will Cooper a seventeen year old boy who is also struggling with his own grief Will is a talented slam poet and he helps Layken to express her own emotions through poetry As they get to know each other they fall in love But their relationship is complicated by Will s past and by the fact that Layken is still grieving her father < p>

Slammed is a powerful and moving novel about love loss and the power of poetry It is a story about finding hope in the darkest of times and about the strength of the human spirit < p>

Here are some additional details about the book:< p>

• It was published in 2012 < li>
• It is a young adult novel < li>
• It has been praised for its honest portrayal of grief and loss its beautiful writing and its heartwarming romance < li>
• It has been a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over 20 languages < li> < ul>

  If you are looking for a powerful and moving novel about love loss and the power of poetry then I highly recommend Slammed It is a book that will stay with you long after you finish reading it < p>