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Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

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Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
AuthorJohn Feinstein
LanguageEnglish
GenreYA Literature
Mystery novel
PublisherKnopf Books for Young Readers
Publication date
June 27, 2006
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages272
ISBN978-0553494600
Followed byVanishing Act 

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery is a young adult novel by John Feinstein. It tells the story of two young reporters, Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, who stumble upon a plot to blackmail fictional Minnesota State basketball player Chip Graber into throwing the Final Four in New Orleans.

Plot

Though reluctant, Stevie's parents allow him to skip school and travel to New Orleans where he will write alongside the other winner of the contest, Susan Carol. Together, they stumble across a scandal between gamblers and a star NCAA basketball player Chip Graber. They also stop Chip Graber from throwing the game away.