Reviewed by Jennifer Senick for Readers' Favorite Slax by Robert E. Kearns is set in a secondary school in north Dublin during the mid-1980s. The story unfolds among a group of students who find their Wednesday half-days filled with both spirited minor rebelling and companionship, especially after starting an informal film club. Slax, the narrator's friend, is famous for always being in trouble but is never portrayed as outright malicious. While this institution is notorious
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