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 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.

Don't miss John Grisham's new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 09/24/2007
ISBN: 9780385525008
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.64w x 0.94d
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Vanity Fair 10/01/2007 pg. 164
Entertainment Weekly 09/28/2007 pg. 109
Entertainment Weekly 10/19/2007 pg. 133
People Weekly 10/01/2007 pg. 60
Library Journal 09/24/2007

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 119110 / Playing for Pizza
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11