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Pop
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.
This book was very enjoyable to read and always kept me waiting to finish it. There are very few negative things about the book, the main one being about 3/4 of the way through the book, it got confusing. However, near the end it was more easy to get back on track an ended very well. I reccomend this book to anyone.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the book being enjoyable and only getting a little confusing. What I don't agree with is the books ending wasn't a great ending to me.
DeleteThis book was amazing! I couldn't believe how interesting it was. It kept me intrigued from page 1. If you are a sports fan you will love this book. I recommend you read this book.
ReplyDeleteI agree with H1Shelton completly. This book was interesting and I never wanted to put it down. I do do recomend it to sports fans, but I would also recomend it to anybody who likes a good book.
DeleteBodies collide on a green field. What drives us to support a sport so destructive of its participants? What drives players to overcome the pain of impact, to ignore the possibility of an infirm future? Pop is a great book that will hook the readers and will never stay on the bookshelf for long. If you like football or any other sport this book will keep you intrigued from the beginning and will never let go. I highly encourage you to read this book!
ReplyDeletePop is a book about a kid named Marcus who just moved to a new city and state, and he is a high school quarterback. However, the high school he is going to just came off of an undefeated season with a stud at quarterback. In Marcus's practice hours he meets a strange face with an odd personality. Can Marcus figure out who this guy is, win a job a quarterback, and keep his team's undefeated season alive. I would recomend this book to anybody who just likes a good book.
ReplyDeleteThis book was great. I couldn't put it down, even though it confused me sometimes I still enjoyed reading the whole thing. There really weren't any parts I hated. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. Everything else was enjoyable to read. I would recommend this book to everyone, even if there not a sports fan.
ReplyDeleteThis book was one of the best I've ever read. I got confused on some parts of it and I absolutley hated the ending, but i couldn't put it down for a second. This book was suspenceful, interesting, and emotional all at the same time. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes football and who likes to read an emotioal story. This was truley a good book.
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