library_brandy 's review for:

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
3.0

Wallace Wallace made the season-winning touchdown last year, and since then the whole town knows he's the star football player. Wallace insists that he isn't--he sat on the bench all season and caught the pass almost by accident, but nobody cares about that. His honesty gets him in trouble--he's in detention because he won't write a positive review of a book he hated, so now he has to sit in on the drama club's rehearsals for the play based on this ridiculous book. Wallace starts making suggestions to improve the story, from updating the dialogue to adding more action. Slowly he drifts away from the football team as he gets more invested in the play, and begins to see what true friends are--and what it means to be a friend in return.

I'm indifferent to this one, but it's a perfectly serviceable option for Lit Circles--friendship, sports, drama, and a pretty bonkers play.