First Post

Let it be known that I do not play football, nor do I have any idea how it is played. For this reason I hoped Pop would educate me in this realm. A another factor in my decision to enjoy Pop was my previous experience of enjoyment of Gordan Korman's works. The book did enlighten me of football, but i found the author's writing style more interesting. The writing style of Korman is at times suspenseful  An example of his suspense in writing is found on the last page of Chapter 27. Charlie is climbing on the rail surrounding the bleachers at a football game, Korman writes about the main character Marcus; "Marcus closed his eyes in silent prayer, just for an instant. And when he opened them again, Charlie Popovich was gone". The reader does not know what happened to Charlie, urging them to read the next chapter. I had planned to stop my reading for the moment after i finished this chapter. This suspense made me read the next chapter at the moment.