description: For eighth-grade reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, winning the national writing contest would have been prize enough. When they receive their all-access tickets to the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, they are understandably gleeful. Their euphoria comes down a few notches, however, when they overhear a coach pressuring a player to throw a key game. In the March Madness environment, the two young scribes don't know whether they have blundered into the biggest scoop of a lifetime or what threatens to become a near-death experience! Slam-dunk excitement.
language: English
title: Last Shot
titlecomplete: Last Shot
characters: Stevie Thomas, Susan Carol Anderson
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Crime, Young Adult, Basketball, Teen, Sports, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 5154
series: The Sports Beat
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Young Adult, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Listening Library