Pub Date: January 10, 2013
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0870
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to UP
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.20" L x 5.40" W ( 0.55 lbs) 272 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Sports and Recreation | Basketball | Social Themes | Friendship | Boys and Men
Description: Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
Review Quotes: "Volponi, a multiple award-winning author, keeps the tension high from the first to last page . . . The Final Four is definitely a winner."--VOYA, starred review
"A triple-overtime game keeps readers on the edge of their seats, but nerve-wracking as the action on the floor may be, the baggage that the players bring to the game is equally fraught."--BCCB, starred review "With exciting game action . . . this gritty, realistic, and riveting novel deserves the wide audience it will no doubt attract."--School Library Journal, starred review "Volponi nails it when it counts in this dynamic story."--Booklist, starred review "Volponi's latest combines in-the-moment action, basketball history and the points of view of four college ballplayers with very different lives . . . No story or character is simple."--Kirkus Reviews