by Pete Hautman
First published 2019
David can demolish a sixteen inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty six seconds. He knows he can go faster. He has to go faster because he spent two thousand dollars on his mom's credit card by accident. The only way to get that money back is to win the Super Pigorino Bowl, the biggest pizza eating contest in the world. Training to become a competitive eater takes everything David has. He also watches his younger brother Mal, who the family just calls Mal instead of using any other labels. His two best friends Cyn and HeyMan are acting strange around each other, which makes everything more complicated. David races against time to perfect his eating technique while juggling family responsibilities and friendship drama. The prize money from the contest is his only shot at fixing the credit card mess before his mom finds out.
Genres: fiction, family-life, contemporary, sports
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
288 pages · Paperback · Candlewick Press