The Final Four by Paul Volponi

The Final Four by Paul Volponi

"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

March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams let in the NCAA basketball championship. The heavily favored Michigan Spartans and the underdog Troy Trojans meet in the first game in the seminfinals, and it's there that the fates of Malcolm, Roko, Crispin, and M.J. intertwine. As the last moments tick down on the game clock, you'll learn how each player went from being a kid who loves to shoot hoops to a powerful force in one of the most important games of the year. Which team will leave the Superdome victorious? In the end it will come down to who has the most skill, the most drive, and the most heart.

"Volponi nails it when it counts in this dynamic story." -Booklist, starred review

"Volponi adroitly renders authentic and inspired basketball action." -The New York Times Book Review

Paul Volponi is a New York City-based writer, journalist, and instructor. He taught jailed youths on Rikers Island to read and write from 1992 to 1998. Black and White and Rikers High were both inspired by this incident. Volponi worked as a teacher in a drug-treatment program for teenagers from 1999 to 2005. Rooftop was inspired by his experience.

Rucker Park Setup, Hurricane Song, and Answer are among Volponi's other works. Volponi, an avid street ball player, draws on his more than four decades of court-sense in New York City to write The Final Four.

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ISBN 13	9780142423851
ISBN 10	0142423858
Title	The Final Four
Author	Paul Volponi
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2013-01-10
Number of pages	272
Prizes	Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (Teen) 2015
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