Pop Hardcover - 2009
by Korman, Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
After moving to a new town, Marcus strikes up a friendship with Charlie Popovich, a former pro football player. As the two grow closer, Marcus learns that Charlie has early onset Alzheimer's disease as a result of suffering head injuries during his career. Marcus is willing to risk everything to help his new friend.
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Details
- Title Pop
- Author Korman, Gordon
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Balzer + Bray
- Date 2009-08-25
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0061742287_used
- ISBN 9780061742286 / 0061742287
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.46 x 5.66 x 0.95 in (21.49 x 14.38 x 2.41 cm)
- Ages 13 to UP years
- Grade levels 8 - UP
- Reading level 740
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Themes
- Catalog Heading: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
- Curriculum Strand: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Schools, High schools
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008052106
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the publisher
From the rear cover
When Marcus moves to a new town in the dead of summer, he doesn't know a soul. While practicing football for impending tryouts, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with an older man. Charlie is a charismatic prankster--and the best football player Marcus has ever seen. He can't believe his good luck when he finds out that Charlie is actually Charlie Popovich, or "the King of Pop," as he had been nicknamed during his career as an NFL linebacker. But that's not all. There is a secret about Charlie that his family is desperate to hide.
When Marcus begins school, he meets the starting quarterback on the team: Troy Popovich. Right from the beginning, Marcus and Troy disagree--about football, about Troy's ex-girlfriend, Alyssa, but most of all about what's good for Charlie. Marcus is betting that he knows what's best for the King of Pop. And he is willing to risk everything to help his friend.
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2009, Page 105
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2010, Page 0
- Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2011, Page 124
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2010, Page 0
- Kirkus Review - Children, 08/15/2009, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 09/21/2009, Page 59
- School Library Journal, 11/01/2009, Page 113
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2009, Page 0
