Pop
By: Gordon Korman
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780545980333
Subjects: Family secrets; Juvenile fiction; Friendship; Football stories; Secrets de famille; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Amitié; Football; Récits
Description: When Marcus moves to a new town 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.