About this title: John Feinstein, well-known sportswriter and commentator for NPR and Sporting News Radio, makes his debut in children's fiction with this basketball mystery. Eighth grader Stevie's writing has garnered him an amazing prize--the opportunity to cover the Final Four basketball tournament in New Orleans. But his joy turns to shock when he and fellow ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780553494600ISBN:0553494600
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 251 p. Final Four Mysteries (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780553494600ISBN:0553494600
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 251 p. Final Four Mysteries (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780553494600ISBN:0553494600
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 251 p. Final Four Mysteries (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"I read this book after a friend loaned it to me. She had to read it for a young adult fiction class, and this book is definiely geared towards young adults and teenagers. While the narrator's name, "Stevie," annoyed me greatly, the book was a fun read overall. There are, of course, a lot of college basketball references, but the book is more a mystery than a college hoops love story."
"When I first picked up this book, I expected it to be a book describing amazing shots and the on and off-court controversy of a basketball player. However, this book disappointed me because it was more of a mystery than a basketball novel. The author spent most of the book discussing what happens to Stevie Thomas and Susan Anderson, the main characters of the book. The two won a nationwide contest to attend the Final Four basketball game occurring in New Orleans, where they will be considered as working journalists. However, they overhear a shocking statement by a coach of one of the teams, and are suddenly intertwined in the mystery of their lives. To me, parts of the book seemed boring, and I thought that the author didn't do a very good job trying to combine basketball with mystery. It could have been better though, if he described it from player's point of view. Overall, I was disappointed because of the lack of basketball elements, but I think that this would be a good book to anyone who likes a nice mystery."
"I almost didn't make it to the end of this one. I read Feinstein's second book (Vanishing Act) first and enjoyed the way the author inserted real tennis commentators like Mary Carillo and Bud Collins into the story line. I also enjoyed reading about the thirteen year old sportswriters who solved the mystery.
I follow tennis. I don't follow basketball. That may be why book one, which takes place during the NCAA basketball tournament, didn't grab me. I knew I was in trouble when Stevie's award winning article told about the Palestra. Feinstein never did explain just what and where it was. I had to Google it. (My husband will be pleased to know that the University of Pennsylvania teams are called The Quakers and that The Palestra is the cathedral of college basketball.)"
"Well I don't follow basketball or any sport for that matter so this was a totally new kind of book for me. I learned a lot about March Madness which I never understood. Susan Carol and Stevie are two very bright kids who manage to uncover an attempt at blackmail, which would change the outcome of the NCAA championship. They are a dynamic duo - Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys updated. A page turner ending.
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