Playing for Pizza

Playing for Pizza#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns, and shunned by every other team, Rick insists that his agent find a team that does need him. Against enormous odds, Rick lands a job as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns, and shunned by every other team, Rick insists that his agent find a team that does need him. Against enormous odds, Rick lands 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 08/23/2011
ISBN: 9780385344005
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.39w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 119110 / Playing for Pizza
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11