I have a confession to make. I have a problem. I have a really bad habit of buying books (whether physical books or ebooks) and then not reading them. I have way too many books in my house that I have never read. So, I guess it is a good thing that I'm doing this challenge....time to read the books that are in piles all around my house.
Today's book was purchased several years ago (yes, that was years) with the intent to preview it for school....and I'm just now getting around to reading it....
Andy is the fat kid in his school....no, make that the second fattest kid at school. The day before the first day of school, Andy meets the girl of his dreams, April....never dreaming that she would be at his school the next day. He decides that in order to get the girl, he needs to impress her by doing something manly and heroic--he goes out for the football team. Andy knows very little about football, and hasn't exactly been a star athlete, ever. And with his asthma, there is no way his mom will let him play. Andy finds a way around these obstacles, but in the meantime, almost loses his best friend and himself along the way. Will he get the girl? How will he handle the changes to his social status? Better than Ronald Miller did in the classic 80s movie Can't Buy Me Love, which Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have reminds me of.
There are some funny scenes that made me laugh out loud as well as some deep-thinker scenes since Andy never really gives up his inner-geek.
I have a feeling that this one will be making its way to the shelf at school sometime in the near future....
Happy reading!
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