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IRP BY: Rachel Barbieri
Summary: __Last Shot__ began when Stevie Thomas won a writing contest and was invited to the Final Four. The main reason he had entered the contest was to win press seats at the Final Four because Stevie and his dad are huge college basketball fans. Getting there they met the other winner, Susan Carol. She was a big Duke fan from North Carolina; Stevie hated Duke. While exploring the stadium they accidentally overhear a man in a gray suit blackmailing MSU's star player, Chip Graber. Between they're differences, they find out people who are behind the scheme, what the scheme is, and which player they're blackmailing. Susan Carol and Stevie squeeze their way into the whole mess and soon know the plot and meet Chip Graber. Chip Graber's career and father's career, as Chip's coach, are at stake, but he can lose the championship to save them. Once his team beats St. Joe's, with Grabber's shot thirty-five feet away from the basket just as the buzzer went off, he had to lose the game or the group would let out a transcript which would classify him as a "fake player" or a player who failed academics too much, which was a lie. Finally, Chip made the decision to just play and try to win because everywhere they turned there was only trouble. Who cares if he lost his career? He just gave up. Later, Stevie and Susan Carol's last attempt to help everything changes. When his friend's lives are at stake, how in the world can he concentrate on a game? Will he give in and lose? Will he win and forget about Susan Carol and Stevie? What will happen to them? Read __Last Shot__ find out.

Rating: I rate this book **//9//** because it was packed with suspense, twists, and excitement. It's a mystery were your suspicions go from one person to another. I couldn't put it down at some parts, but at others it was a little slow.

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Links: Click Here to learn more about John Feinstein. [|About the Author] Click Here to go to the 2007 Final Four Website [|Final Four] Click Here to go to the official website of Coach Mike Krzyzewski [|Coach K] Click Here to see a review of the book [|Last Shot]