Gordon Korman

Pop

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BALZER & BRAY
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 13 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780061742286
• ISBN-10: 0061742287
• Artikelnr.: 26320790

Autorenporträt

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than ninety middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Unteachables, Pop, Schooled, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at www.gordonkorman.com.