Sam is a professional slacker in school, a status made all too easy by his new classmates, as they just don't get the music of the Pacific Northwest--like Nirvana. Everything is going fine in this new school, until his English teacher decides to pair him with Luis--clearly a gang member--in a slam poetry unit. Now if Sam doesn't help Luis produce some poetry, he is going to be pulverized.

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