About this item
"A masterful page-turner. You'll root for Eugene long after the final chapter. Chef's kiss!" - Lisa Fipps, author of Starfish. Eugene Guterman's junior year in high school is off to a rocky start. No love life, no new theater production, and if his mother has her way, no more of his favorite comfort food - donuts. Eugene would just as soon spend the year playing small, but that's hard to do when you're the biggest kid in your class. . Things change when he accidentally tackles the school's star quarterback and Coach sees the possibilities and recruits the plus-size playwright onto the varsity football team. Eugene is suddenly catapulted into the world of the "The Pops," the exclusive clique of popular athletes known for their parties and dating scene.
About the Author
Allen Zadoff is the author of the thriller series THE UNKNOWN ASSASSIN (I AM THE WEAPON #1, I AM THE MISSION #2, I AM THE TRAITOR #3) which debuted to starred reviews and was a YALSA Top Ten Pick for Reluctant Readers and winner of the 2015 Kentucky Bluegrass Award. It has been translated into over a dozen languages and has been optioned by Sony Pictures. A former stage director, Zadoff is a graduate of Cornell University, the Harvard University Institute for Advanced Theater Training, and the Warner Bros. Writers Workshop. His novel Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have received the Sid Fleishman Humor Award and was a YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults.
Visit Allen on the web at www.allenzadoff.com.
