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by Pete Hautman

David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact, he ll have to do better: he s going to compete in the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world s greatest pizza-eating contest, and he has to win it, because he borrowed his mom s credit card and accidentally spent $2,000 on it. So he really needs that prize money. Like, yesterday. As if training to be a competitive eater weren t enough, he s also got to keep an eye on his little brother, Mal (who, if the family believed in labels, would be labeled autistic, but they don t, so they just label him Mal). And don t even get started on the new weirdness going on between his two best friends, Cyn and HeyMan.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?