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 - Great Atmosphere, Absurd PlotJohn Feinstein is a great writer and I have always enjoyed his commentary on the radio. The strength of this book is the background details. If you want to know what it is like to be at the final four, you will enjoy all the inside information about the fans, the players, the coaches, the sports writers and television commentators. As a mystery, it starts unlikely and ends preposterous. A realistic story of how two teenage reporters uncover a scandal at the final four would probably be too tedious to interest the age level this book is intended for. The more I read the more I felt the plot was borrowed from the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. I kept thinking the plot had a lot to owe to Gene Autry, didn't he usually have a kid hanging around to solve the mystery and then need saving? And the character names! Does Susan Carol sound like a girl who is around in 2000's, even if she does come from the South? The readers may come for the atmosphere, but the plot won't lure them to the final pages. Rating:  - Twists and TurnsThe book Last Shot was a great mystery. There was so many suprises in this book. It made you want to keep reading on and on. It kept you on the edge of your seat with every chapter. The only thing that was a problem was that the plot was unrealistic. Two eigth graders, I don't think, could have stopped blackmail from happening in the final four. In the end the book was a great mix of sports and mystery. Rating: - Last Shot (Britttany Waggener)After reading this book, the first time I thought it was really dumb. But then I read it again for the second time and I thought it was a good book. There were three main characters, Stevie, Suzan, and Chip Graber. Chip Graber is a famous basketball player that is getting black mailed in the middle of the book. Stevie and Suzan try figuring out who the black mailer is. By winning a contest the two kids are at the NCAA Basketball Final Four games as kid reporters. They become good friends and Stevie realizes that he like Suzan Carol. She is smart, pretty, etc. This book takes place at the Final Four NCAA basketball games. This books genre is adventure and mystery. The theme is even kids can solve problems. My opinion of this book is the second time I read it, I loved it. Rating:  - Best Booki hate to read but this book is so interesting all i wanted to do was read. Buy this book you won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's a page turnig thriller and a final four mytery. so if you like sports, adventure, or mystery books buy this book. Rating: - Best Booki hate to read but this book is so interesting all i wanted to do was read. Buy this book you won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's a page turnig thriller and a final four mytery. so if you like sports, adventure, or mystery books buy this book.
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