The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting. Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one. A Cure for Kids Summer Reading Doldrums Sports writer John Feinstein offers a story for young readers: Eighth-graders Steven Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson have won a contest for young. “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. “Score! That’s exactly what author John Feinstein does with this mystery.” -Dallas Morning News 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 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. 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. Exceptionally knowledgeable about the college basketball world, Feinstein has a fine time lampooning broadcaster Dick Vitale and the bureaucrats who populate the NCAA itself. After writing his story about the Palestra, UPenn’s Basketball arena, he wins the competition and wins a trip to the final four.
“ Last Shot is a brisk novel set in the madness of the NCAA’s Final Four. In The Last Shot by John Feinstein, a young boy name Stevie Thomas living in Pennsylvania applies for a young basketball writers competition.
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