{"product_id":"the-final-four-isbn-9780142423851","title":"The Final Four","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Volponi, a multiple award-winning author, keeps the tension high from the first to last page ...\u003ci\u003eThe Final Four\u003c\/i\u003e is definitely a winner.\" —\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Volponi nails it when it counts in this dynamic story.\" —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Volponi adroitly renders authentic and inspired basketball action.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Final Four\u003c\/i\u003e by Paul Volponi:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Volponi, a multiple award-winning author, keeps the tension high from the first to last page ... The Final Four is definitely a winner.\" —\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With exciting game action ... this gritty, realistic, and riveting novel deserves the wide audience it will no doubt attract.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Volponi nails it when it counts in this dynamic story.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Volponi\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, journalist, and teacher living in New York City. From 1992 to 1998, he taught incarcerated teens on Rikers Island to read and write. This experience formed the basis of \u003ci\u003eBlack and White\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRikers High\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Volponi taught teens in a drug-treatment program. The experience inspired him to write \u003ci\u003eRooftop\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Volponi is also the author of \u003ci\u003eRucker Park Setup\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHurricane Song\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eResponse\u003c\/i\u003e. An ardent street ball player, Mr. Volponi draws upon his more than four decades of New York City court-sense to write \u003ci\u003eThe Final Four\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Speak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300580479205,"sku":"NP9780142423851","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142423851.jpg?v=1767739331","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-final-four-isbn-9780142423851","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}