Hautman, Pete.
SLIDER
Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2017
IL 5-8
ISBN 9780763690700

(2 booktalks)

Booktalk #1

Steam wafts towards David’s nose as he steadies his breathing to engulf the sliders with his mouth, and bam, they’re gone! Eating sliders used to be his signature move but now he’s moving on to pizza. Why? He accidentally spent $2,000 on his mom’s credit card and winning the Pigorino Bowl pizza eating contest is the only way he can see to repay it. But he’s got other problems too; his two best friends might be dating each other secretly and his autistic brother, Mal, requires more patience than he thinks he can spare. He needs a recipe for success and he needs it yesterday, because the timer on his race to stay sane is about to go off!  (Kathleen Dunbar, Eastlake High School  https://evergreenbookaward.org/)

Booktalk #2

David is an average kid with an unusual talent - eating large amounts of food in a small amount of time. It’s just some- thing his two best friends, Cyn and Heyman, time him at for fun. That is until he accidentally charges $2000 on his mom’s credit card - then he has to figure out how to use his talent to earn some cash before his mom finds out what he’s done! Will David find enough time to train while still keeping an eye on his little brother? Will he be able to handle competing with professional competitive eaters, or will he have to confess to his mother? (Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2019-2020)