Pop by Gordon Korman submitted by gaadi

In the book Pop by Gordan Korman, the main character, Marcus moves to a new state in the middle of summer vacation. Marcus starts practicing his football skills alone when he meets Charlie Popovich also known as the King of Pop from his years of playing in the NFL. When Marcus starts school he meets Troy Popovich, the head of the football team and the quarterback. Troy is scared of getting hurt in football because his father got Alzheimer by killing to many brain cells when he was playing football. Charlie is going to get put in the hall of fame from his college, but he thinks he’s a teenager just like Marcus who plays football with Charlie in the park everyday. Charlie’s family is scared and does not let him go to the remembrance party so Marcus takes him anyway with out telling Charlie’s family, and gets in a lot of trouble. Later in the book Charlie was watching a football game and fell off the bleachers and dies the NFL King of Pop is dead.