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Pop by Gordon Korman

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Reaction to Pop


When I first started reading Pop, I thought it was just going to be the story of how a new kid, Marcus Jordan, tries out for the football team as an underdog without anyone on his side, like Troy Popovich, the arrogant quarterback, and him ending up proving everyone wrong when he shows the team how good he can be.  But, the novel turned out to be more than just a football underdog story with the introduction of Charlie, a former NFL linebacker who has Alzheimer's disease from getting too many concussions during his career.  Charlie gets Marcus in trouble multiple times with the police for harassing a hardware store owner, which causes Marcus to get charges against him.  The problem is that blaming what happened on a man with Alzheimer's wouldn't  sound believable.  But, Marcus is able to pull it off from the help of Charlie's old friend Mac who helped Marcus prove both that Marcus was innocent and do what is best for Charlie even though it goes against what his family wants.

Overall, I enjoyed how the author kept the novel related to football while bringing in a new aspect, which was the result of repeated head trauma from football which caused Charlie's disease.  Dealing with Charlie's issue becomes the main plot point of the novel which is not what I expected but very interesting.
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  1. UnknownJuly 31, 2013 at 9:17 AM

    I agree with the last statement in this post. I did not expect the book to be about Charlie's Alzheimer's disease. I thought this book would be based off of football and the fight for the starting position. I still enjoyed reading the book, even though it wasn't based off of football. I could relate to the book because my grandma has Alzheimer's and i'm scared she could forget everything one day.

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