The Food Fight Professional

Fun 4 Hire #3

by Angela Ruth Strong

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.


What People Are Saying about the Fun4Hire Series:


“The Snowball Fight Professional is a hilarious action adventure that will have you hunting for your snow gear. The perfect winter read!”
~HEATHER WOODHAVEN,
Novelist and Mom


“A fun romp through childhood.”
~BILL MYERS,
Creator of McGee and Me, Best-selling Author, Award-Winning Filmmaker


“I love it. My kids think The Water Fight Professional should be made into a movie!”
~JILL WILLIAMSON,
Award-Winning Children’s Author


“Reading The Water Fight Professional is more fun than licking a slug.”
~JUDY COX, Children’s Author


“The protagonist’s offbeat profession and Angela Strong’s vibrant voice make The Water Fight Professional a book that young teens will eat up. Want to keep energetic boys and girls entertained for a few hours? Hand them this book.”
~JEANNIE ST. JOHN TAYLOR,
Radio Host and Author/Illustrator of more than thirty books

168 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 2015

About the author

Angela Ruth Strong sold her first Christian romance novel in 2009. Her books have since earned TOP PICK in Romantic Times, been nominated for a Christy, won the Cascade Award, and become Amazon best-sellers. Her book Finding Love in Big Sky filmed as a movie in Montana and aired on UPtv in 2022. To help aspiring authors, she started IDAhope Writers where she lives in Idaho, and she teaches as an expert online at My Book Therapy.

Reviews

[Erika Mathews · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a little different from the others - in a way that kept it fresh. I appreciated that Joey wasn’t necessarily the instigator this time, but somehow he was still at the center of the action. I loved seeing how he turned a negative situation into something positive.

[Caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are some people in life who need their own tv shows on the Disney Channel.

Joey is one of them.

He's a boy with a heart of gold and a knack for getting himself in trouble. In this installment, Joey has been framed for starting a food fight...by his own best friends. All because of a girl and a stupid "healthy" sandwich that his mother tried to poison him with. Life just isn't fair.

It turns out that the girl next door is hiding a secret. She's been secretly taping Joey's mishaps and uploading them to YouTube. He's famous and he doesn't even know it! When he finds out, he decides to make the most of his new found fame, and that's when the fun begins!

I have to admit, this isn't my normal read. But it is something that I would read to (or buy for) my tween nephews. Joey's tale is laugh out loud funny, never crass, and refreshingly heartwarming. I would recommend this book for middle readers!

Legal disclaimer:
I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

[Linda Rainey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joey's at it again in the Food Fight Professional by Angela Ruth Strong.
You will love the antics of Joey and his friends.Joey and his friends get in trouble after a food fight at school.As a punishment they have to work at a homeless kitchen.
Because of seeing children going hungry in Boise,Joey organizes a Food Fight chili cook off to raise money for hunger.
This novella shows that with hard work and God's help,everything is possible
Isabelle and Joey are fun characters.This book will be entertaining for middle school age children.
A copy of this book was given in exchange for an honest review

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE FOOD FIGHT PROFESSIONAL is the third book in Ms. Strong’s Fun 4 Hire series for tweens and it is as fun as the second one. I didn’t read the first, but I can imagine it’s fun, too.

Joey starts out with good motivations. A food fight to earn money for a good cause—not to waste food. And really, it’s more of a chili cook-off than a food fight. But when the media gets involved and the grand prize involves a Disney cruise, Joey is in it for the prize. Will Joey get his motivation fixed by the end of the book? Plenty of funny (and scary) moments later, you’ll know.

If you have a tweener who loves to read, then THE FOOD FIGHT PROFESSIONAL will be a good book to download.

[OG · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really fun book to read and I highly recommend it. I definitely laughed out loud at some parts and absolutely loved Joeys heart and character throughout the book.

A copy of this book was given to me in exchange for an honest review

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joey needs a purpose in his life. A goal to attain..and he has a very interesting, hilarious way of going about it.......
You will absolutely enjoy reading this book.