| Playing for Pizza Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345532058 ISBN-13: 9780345532053 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sports - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.2" W x 7.4" (0.40 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 119110 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rick Dockery is the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually gets into the game. With a seventeen-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provides what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he becomes a national laughingstock--and is immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Rick finally gets a job--as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player--any former NFL player--at their helm. And now they've got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn't speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy--the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and football americano--holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. |