POP

Name: POP
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9781423399728

Author: Gordon Korman

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 08/25/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Sports Stories

Synopsis

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.

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman wrote his first book when he was just fourteen years old. Since then, he has written over fifty-five popular young adult and middle grade novels, including the New York Times #1 bestselling THE 39 CLUES: ONE FALSE NOTE, THE JUVIE THREE, SCHOOLED, SON OF THE MOB (an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults), BORN TO ROCK, and NO MORE DEAD DOGS. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on March 02, 2016

The title of the book refers to a collision in football or the "pop". In this book, it also refers to one of main characters named Charlie Popovich who played football in the NFL and was nicknamed the "King of Pop". He liked being a player who made the "pop" happen. At the local park, Charlie (now m......more

Goodreads review by Richie on October 08, 2013

25 March 2009 POP by by Gordon Korman, HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray, August 2009, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-06-174228-6; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-174230-9 It's summer vacation and Vespa-riding teenager Marcus Jordan is the new kid in town, having just moved with his mom from Kansas to Upstate New York. The previo......more

Goodreads review by Phoebe on April 30, 2024

I loved this book so much , if u like football romance u should like this one 😀......more

Goodreads review by Ardea on October 07, 2013

Title / Author / Publication Date: Korman, Gordon. (2009). Pop [Recorded by Nick Podehl][CD]. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio. Genre: Fiction Format: Book on CD Plot summary: Pop, narrated by Nick Podehl, tells the tale of a young mans encounter with a legendary football player Charlie Popovich. Marc......more