The Food Fight Professional

By Angela Ruth Strong

Description:

I, Joey Michaels, am the Food Fight Professional. Basically this means that if food is flying in the school cafeteria, people think I'm responsible. Working at a soup kitchen as punishment shows me how I can use my reputation in a good way-to organize a "food fight" to fight hunger. Winning the food fight wouldn't be so hard if I didn't have the following three problems: 1) The neighbor girl who records all my mistakes and posts them to the internet 2) Her newly adopted brothers from Haiti who don't think wasting food is a laughing matter 3) A school principal who wants revenge for the pie I smashed in her face If I can keep from making too big a mess in the kitchen this time around, I just might be able to have my pie and eat it too.

Book Takeaway:

Life is more worth living when you use it to make a difference in the lives of others.

Why the author wrote this book:

I loved the way my son's life was changed after serving at an inner city mission in San Francisco, and I thought we could all learn from such an experience. But it would be more fun if we learned it with Joey.