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Pop by Gordon Korman

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

First Half(Chapters 1-14)

When I first started reading Pop, by Gordon Korman, I thought this was going to be another story about a new kid working hard to play football and have all that hard work payoff in the end, but I quickly learned that was not the case. The first among many unexpected twists was the arrival of an extremely athletic middle aged man who decides to crash the teenage quarterback, Marcus Jordan's training session. They then develop a close bond due to their love of football and overall, the pop of a good tackle. Eventually the mystery behind Charlie get to be too much and Marcus googles his new training partner to learn he is a former NFL linebacker known as "The King of Pop". After some time, Charlie's training started to pay off as Marcus earned a spot at corner and fullback. In the eyes of most people, he was part of the team, but not to Troy Popovich, the Raiders' quarterback and Charlie's son. It wasn't until Marcus saw the panic in Troy and his sister Chelsea's eyes upon learning their father was missing that there was something severely wrong with Charlie. With some further research, Marcus realizes that Charlie is suffering from the disease Alzheimers, which is causing Charlie's memory to slowly deteriorate. Marcus than realizes that when Charlie calls him "Mac" it is not a nickname, but Charlie's best friend from his teenage years which Charlie believes he is still living. How will Marcus try to help Charlie and how will his search for the real Mac turn out? I am eager to find out.
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  1. ChadD9July 22, 2013 at 11:53 AM

    I also thought that this book would be another underdog football story where the underdog wins in the last play of the game. We were both wrong though, which was not a bad thing. Though the Raiders did have a second perfect season, Marcus did not truly win because Charlie died. It was an extremely bitter sweet ending. The Raider's second perfect season was worthless to Marcus with Charlie dead. It was very hard to watch Marcus' life lose purpose after Charlie's death and I hope that Marcus would have gotten his life back together.

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  2. UnknownAugust 5, 2013 at 3:40 PM

    I also learned that this book was less about football and more about the dangers of it and what the right thing to do is. Even though Troy and Chelsea told Marcus to stay away from Charlie. Marcus knew where Charlie would be, and he had to help out, no matter what anybody said. This book was also a lot darker than I expected. It is really sad in the end watching how Marcus copes with Charlie's death.

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