{"product_id":"mr-pizza-9781732544512","title":"Mr. Pizza","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJust about everyone makes an off-the-wall decision at some point. Usually it's no big deal. But if it ends up changing people's lives. . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1973, and Tony Piza (long \"i\", my friends) decides he needs a carefree year off after college-with pay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the shock of his tight-knit family and closest friends, he postpones law school and talks his way into a job teaching sixth grade at a Catholic school in Staten Island, N. Y.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA paid vacation if ever there was one  Yeah, right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSay hi to the Moby Dick of miscalculations. His pathetic effort is making him look bad, especially compared to the other sixth-grade instructor, Sister Theresa, an energetic young nun whose sunny disposition could have turned Attila the Hun into a daisy-picking philanthropist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's also crimping his efforts to enchant Colleen O'Brien, a stunning, straight-talking teacher who sees right through him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make matters worse, his irreverent sense of humor antagonizes the powers-that-be: the alpha-male president of the school board, and the pastor who's more interested in single malt scotch than saving souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes he have the ability-or the desire-to turn things around to try to save his job? And will he ever realize that his students deserve a lot more than they've been getting from him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e L\u0026amp;a Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732544512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"J. F. Pandolfi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36667685666972,"sku":"9781732544512","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_76a5954d-1e8a-4076-a286-5df157fda79a.jpg?v=1603915509","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mr-pizza-9781732544512","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}