Pop delivers suspense humor sports action and a compelling look at the damage those pop s in football can cause Gordon Korman s books appeal to a wide range of kids and adults and can pull in even reluctant readers. Share Pop in your home or classroom; sports fans in particular won t be able to put it down. 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 a friendship with a man named Charlie the best football player Marcus has ever seen. He can t believe his good luck when he finds out that Charlie is Charlie Popovich or the King of Pop as he d been nicknamed during his career as an NFL linebacker. Charlie turns out to be a prankster and his actions get Marcus in trouble. He s also the father of the quarterback at Marcus s new school--who leads the team in icing out the new kid. The story of a good kid s struggle to land on his feet in a new town after his parents split up combines with compelling sports action and even some romance in Gordon Korman s Pop.