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Danny Jordan is one of two lucky winners of the US Basketball Writer's Association's contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It's a basketball junkie's dream come true!
But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. Danny and his fellow winner, Brigid-Ann Robinson, are nosing around the Superdome ad overhear what sounds like a threat to throw the championship game. Now they have just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of MSU's star players . . . and why.
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"Written by sports writer John Feinstein about a pair of eight graders who win a sports writing contest. For Steve and Susan Carol budding sports journalist and basketball fans it is a dream come true--attending the NCAA's final four as sports writers. They get to see the process as an insider. Steve overhears someone threaten a star player that he better lose the final game or else... An interesting mystery, especially for basketball fans."
— Cheryl (4 out of 5 stars)
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“[Feinstein] writes as if he’s having a fine time at the keyboard, and the result will entertain not only young readers, but the oldsters looking over their shoulders as well.”
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“Score! That’s exactly what author John Feinstein does with this mystery.”
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“You’ll feel as if you have a courtside seat at the SuperDome. Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one. The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting.”
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Last Shot is a brisk novel set in the madness of the NCAA’s Final Four. Exceptionally knowledgeable about the college basketball world, Feinstein has a fine time lampooning broadcaster Dick Vitale and the bureaucrats who populate the NCAA itself. The blackmailing plot that unfolds over the course of Final Four weekend threatens a student-athlete who isn’t a student, implicates an ethics professor with no ethics, and otherwise introduces to young readers the sleaze beneath the glitter of college basketball’s biggest show. Remarkably, Feinstein pokes holes in the illusions without diminishing the excitement of the games themselves as seen through the eyes of two eighth-grade reporters. He writes as if he’s having a fine time at the keyboard, and the result will entertain not only young readers, but the oldsters looking over their shoulders as well.
— Boston Globe -
Score! That’s exactly what author John Feinstein does with this mystery.
— Dallas Morning News -
You’ll feel as if you have a courtside seat at the SuperDome. Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one. The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting.
— Bookpage
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Winner of the 2006 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery Listener Reviews
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" Entertaining read. My son (high-school freshman) picked the book for a class reading assignment/report and suggested I read as well. I played basketball growing up and have always been a fan of the college tournament. Never interested in being a sports writer, but I always enjoy a good mystery. Very well written. "
— Annemarie, 2/18/2014 -
" I read this for the class Resources for Young Adults while working on my Masters of Library and Information Science. "
— Sarah, 2/13/2014 -
" I can see why my sports-fan readers like this book and others by Feinstein. The mixture of many real-life details of the sports world and a mild mystery (with a surprising, heavier twist toward the end) is just right to keep the readers' interest up. For someone who seeks more intense mystery or actions, this title will fall short. "
— Roxanne, 1/19/2014 -
" It's a good book. it's mysterious. Suspenseful. "
— jacob, 1/11/2014 -
" It is an amazing book, or what I have read so far. I can't put it down. "
— Jamie, 1/3/2014 -
" Good for middle school boys and girls, as well as tweens interested in basketball and journalism. "
— Jamila, 12/28/2013 -
" this is about to kid reports that win a writing contest and go to the final four the star player for one of the teams is getting blackmailed and they try to prove it this is the first book in the seires cover up is the second "
— Bryce, 11/20/2013 -
" Awsome book, One of the few books I enjoyed reading. "
— Jmini, 11/12/2013 -
" I liked this book. I don't really like basket ball but this was an exelent mystery. Reccomended to all. "
— Theo, 11/5/2013 -
" Slightly unbelievable story about two eighth-graders who crack a slightly unbelievable blackmail case of a basketball player in the Final Four. Fans will enjoy the references to current newscasters, and the novel's quick pace. "
— Nan, 11/3/2013 -
" This isn't a very hard mystery it is just a very good book if you like basketball. "
— Ryan, 10/24/2013
About John Feinstein
John Feinstein is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous works of nonfiction, including Moment of Glory, Are You Kidding Me?, Living on the Black, Let Me Tell You a Story, Caddy for Life, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, and others. He has also written sports-mystery novels for young readers. He writes for the Washington Post, Golf Digest, Inside Sports, Golf, Tennis magazine, Basketball America, and is a regular commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition.