Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery [NOOK Book]

Last Shot

In this thrilling, sports related story John Feinstein uses many cliffhangers to write about Stevie Thomas who travels to New Orleans as a result of winning the USBWA writing competition. Then, when he gets there him and the other competition winner, Susan Carol, finally meet each other for the first time.. Wearing press passes around their necks Steve couldn't be happier. Until he and Susan Carol are nosing around in the Superdome and overhear Minnesota State's star player, Chip Graber, being told he has to throw the championship game. It is up to Stevie and Susan Carol to find out the mystery of the Final Four and to stop the blackmailers.

This book is a great choice for children that are ages 9-13. This amazing story gives you a behind the scenes look at the way reporters work as well as a page turning story about the Final Four and all the work that goes into making a quality story, that makes the newspapers, possible. This book puts a brand new perspective on the way you look at collage basketball and all the coaches and staff that are on the team.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Fantastic Book!

I LOVED this book! I love basketball and I was really into this book. It's probably one of my favorites! I'd recomend it to anyone and everyone who loves and has an obsession about basketball and mysteries!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a great book!

If you like basketball you should love this book. I read it for a book report for school and I loved. You are on your seat for all of it and it is also a great mstery. READ THIS BOOK.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

?

Sounds kinda boring

Great

I like it alot

Sucks

A TERRIBLE BOOK

Im gonna

Im gonna buy it i guess

A Buzzer Beater

In "Last Shot" by John Feinstein, 13 year-olds Steve Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are two of the USBWA (United States Basketball Writer's Association) and are granted press access to the Final Four in New Orleans. Steve is a little skeptic of Susan at the beginning but they end up working well together. The two overhear Chip Graber, Minnesota State's star point-guard being blackmailed to throw the championship game or else his transcript would be changed to make it look like he failed, and his dad would be fired as coach. Steve and Susan then make it their mission to find who is blackmailing Chip. One theme I got out of this story was that you never know what goes on behind closed doors. When you watch sporting events like the Final Four on tv, all you see is what your given. But although this book may be fiction, it's deffinatly possible that scenarios like this can or have gone on before. This book does give a good scenario of what can really happen that people are not aware of. I really liked the journalism aspect of the plot, because that is a career field that I want to get into. I chose this book because I saw that it combined one of my favorite things, basketball, with the career field that I want to persue. I also liked the mystery aspect of the story, and it really keeps you on the edge of your seat at the end of the story. I didn't like how i felt kind of bored in the middle, and it didn't seem to pick up again until the end when they solve the mystery. It also seemed like there was too much of a mix of material that bores adults and would entertain young teens, and material that only adults would understand. If you are really in to basketball, I would reccomend giving this book a try. Also if you are in to mysteries, this book is perfect for you. It really appeals to both sides and mixes them together well. I have not read any other works by John Feinstein, but there are for sure some more out there like "Last Dance" and "Caddy For Life" that are true stories unlike this book. I give this book three starts because although it apeeled to me at first because of its topic, it really lived up to the Final Four "buzzer beater" because it really didn't get too suspensful until the very end.

Good

Favorite book ever

This is a great book!

I can't believe what some of these reviews say! This is one of my favorite books. If you are a boy or girl you will like this book as long as you have some interest in basketball. By the way the guy who said to stick to Mike Lupica books are better is total wrong Mike Lupica is horrible, John Feinstein books are WAY more exciting!

Not the best...

This story is good, but not the best. Stick with Mike Lupica.

Da+bomb

Amazing%2C+thrilling%2C+intense%2C+suspenseful%21+Beautiful+piece+of+literature.

AMAZING BOOK!!!!!

it is a book that will keep ur eyes in the book until ur dine and when ut u will b sad cuz a really good book is over. (:

inspiring

it kept me interested throughtout the hole book

A Major Fail

Normally, I like most of the books I read, but I cant even believe this guy calls himself an author. Never in my life have I read something so poorly writen, so revolting. I think this book is extreamly boring, and little action even happens. This book is definatly the worst I've ever read.

Worst Book Invented in the Galaxy

I did not like it

Missed shot?

Probably best aimed at a young teen. Far-fetched and increasingly "out there". But overall story was OK if you can put adult knowledge of reality aside. Every adult in the story is a buffoon and easily duped. And too much Duke-love poured in.

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Very exciting

The book was a great read about an interesting mystery. Don't have to like basketball to enjoy it.

0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

3,2,1 swish

Last Shot

The book the Last Shot by John Feinstein is an okay for me because I like basketball. I like watching it, I like playing it and now I found out that I like reading about basketball as well. The character Stevie is similar to me because we have a passion for the sport. Last Shot is a fun and interesting book to read especially if you¿re a big fan of basketball. Like most teenager boys Stevie, the main character in the Last Shot enjoys watching sports. His favorite sport is basketball he enjoys watching it but most of all he love writing and reporting what is happening in the game. While growing up Stevie and his dad would go to basketball games having floor seats and just being close to all the all the action. After awhile he would stop going to the games with his dad. Before he could live the dream he had to win the school paper contest. Even though this book is fictional it is fun and you can learn a lot from it. I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys basketball. Athletic Teenagers would really enjoy this book because they can relate to it. This book is not too short or too long and it doesn¿t cost a lot.

review on the book

i have recently read this book and have found it interesting. now i am not a fan of basketball books but this was an "ok" book because it was a good mystery. it shows how people can be manuipulated and that you can achieve what you want if you work hard for it.