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David can devour an entire sixteen‑inch pepperoni pizza in just four minutes and thirty‑six seconds—a feat he thinks he can improve upon. Facing a looming $2,000 debt after mistakenly using his mother’s credit card, he is determined to win the Super Pigorino Bowl, the world’s greatest pizza‑eating contest. While training hard for this competitive eating challenge, he must also keep an eye on his younger brother Mal, who, though labeled "autistic" by his family, prefers not to be identified that way. Tension rises as new, strange dynamics emerge between his two closest friends, Cyn and HeyMan, adding an extra layer of complexity to his already fraught preparation.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Pete Hautman
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