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Jan 13, 2009

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The book that I have just currently finished reading is Cover-Up by John Feinstein. This book is about two young sport writers. They are Susan Carol and Steve Thomas. They have been working as sports reporters for a sports show until Steve is replaced. But then stave gets a job as a newspaper editor. While they are at the Super Bowl they find out a secret that is huge scandal and could ruin the Los Angeles Dreams chances of winning the Super Bowl. This scandal is that the entire offensive line More...

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Mar 01, 2011

Mary Fran rated it:

okay--in the beginning of the book i got stuck on the almost-preposterous premise (teenaged journalists turned sports commentators on television, but hey, anderson cooper and lisa ling got started on channel one, right?). i figured i'd let it go since i haven't read the other two books in the series, which (presumably) explain how stevie and susan carol get to this point in their "careers" (hard not to use scare quotes when you're writing about fictional 14 year olds)--did i mention a More...

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Jul 29, 2010

Steven rated it:

A very satisfying book.

The author, John Feinstein, knows his stuff... and not just about football. I came at this book with a background in journalism. I have covered big events, been through the check points and needed press credentials.

This is a middle grade reader, a story meant for tweens and early teens, so the story is a bit more simplistic than reality. Good thing, too. The reality would be a bit more boring.

As the story begins, two 14-year-olds hav More...

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Apr 15, 2010

Joe rated it:

“Were bringing in a new co-host” (pg.10). This quote is at the beginning of the book “Cover Up” by John Feinstein. It is when things go wrong for Stevie, the main character. This book is about a boy named Stevie and a co-host on a TV show named Susan Carol who are both fourteen years old. They have been working together and are soon going to go to the super bowl for interviews. But only a couples days before they left for Indianapolis, where the super bowl is being held, Stevie finds himself bei More...

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Dec 13, 2009

Christian rated it:

This book is great! I was at the book fair at school and i saw this book. Since i like reading sports books, i decided to give it a try. This book has two main characters who are Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol, and they are sports reporters. The fascinating part is that they are only 14! The unfortunate part is that they fire Stevie to bring in a new more popular person, who knows nothing about sports. Stevie is really angry about this because the super Bowl was coming up and he was cleared to go More...

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Feb 04, 2012

Karen rated it:

14-year-olds Steve Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are back, and going to the Super Bowl as hosts of KidSports on the USTV network. That is, until the network replaces Steve with the lead singer from a hot boy band... but Steve goes to the Super Bowl anyway with his newspaper contacts and ends up also working for CBS. Susan Carol detests her new costar at first, and when she and Steve discover a doping scandal involving the California Dreams entire offensive line that could influence the outco More...

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May 07, 2009

Bobby rated it:

Cover Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl

Imagine watching your favorite pitcher on steroids, or even the whole pitching rotation on the stuff. What would you think if you were the only kid who knew and everyone thinks you are crazy and a liar? Well, Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are in the same situation, know they will be watching a complete lie on Super Bowl Sunday. They know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams all tested positive for More...

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Apr 01, 2009

Michaelj rated it:

Cover Up, by John Feinstein, is a fictional story. It is a mystery about a special case at the Super Bowl. It takes place in contemporary times, and in Indianapolis, which is the host of the Super Bowl. The main characters in this story are Stevie Thomas, and Susan Carol. They are two fourteen year-old teenagers, who host their own cable sports show. The plot of this story is that Stevie and Susan find out that the California Dreams’ front line, one of the teams in the Super Bowl, has teste More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Deb rated it:

This is actually the third in a series, but it also stands alone. I didn't really think I wanted to read this book, but it was a page turner. I couldn't wait to see how it resolved itself. I'm a huge football fan, so I'm sure that helped!.

Stevie and Susan Carol are two 14 year-olds who want to be reporters. In a previous book they were asked to be kid reporters on a cable TV show that has been very successful. They're invited to report at the Super Bowl, but at the last minute, Stevie More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Sam rated it:

This book was really suspenseful and it was enjoyable to read.Stevie Thomas a report for the Washington Post is trying to figure out the history of pitcher for National's Norbert Doyle after he pitched in Game 2 in the World Series. This book was really interesting because I didn't know whether Norbert was telling the truth. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes sports and like mystery books.

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Apr 23, 2010

Trevor rated it:

Trevor 4/21/10
Cover-up by John Feinstein
This book is about two young reporters, Stevie and Susan Carol. They go to the Super Bowl to report but end up in the middle of a drug testing scandal. One night, Susan Carol went to an N.F.L. party and a drunk doctor for one of the teams, The Dreams, comes up to her trying to impress her. He accidentally tells her that some of th More...

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Jan 13, 2012

Josh rated it:

The Cover Up was one of the most mind appetizing book I have ever read. It will get your mind to want to keep reading, no matter what. I always wished that there was a sequel, or that the book was just longer so that I could read it more. The book is a thriller, and partly romance book.

This book, The Cover Up, is about two boys named Alden and Brad who were drunk one night, and drove home. Alden was behind the wheel and hit someone on a road. Through out the whole book, Alden tried More...

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Jan 05, 2011

Amy rated it:

This is the third book by Feinstein, although they do not need to be read in order. I didn't read the first two and was able to follow this one. Teens Stevie and Susan Carol are budding journalists who have uncovered big stories in basketball and tennis. In this book they are covering the Super Bowl and find out that some of the players have tested positive for HGH and it has been covered up. It is a mystery and it will appeal to sports fans. The parts about football made my eyes glaze over and More...

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Dec 13, 2010

Sam B rated it:

Cover Up by John Fenstein is a book about two kid-reporters (Susan Carol and Steve Thomas) who are sent to the Super Bowl to find interesting story-lines and write about them. While they are at the super bowl, the two kids discover that someone on the California Dreams has been taking steroids and getting away with it and it is up to Steve and Susan Carol to uncover this mystery at the Super Bowl. This book did a lot of things right, plot and characters being the two most important things that J More...

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Dec 20, 2010

Susie rated it:

Boy, was I disappointed, but maybe my anticipation for this book was too great. I have booktalked it to my students with, "this is a book with the SuperBowl in Indianapolis, except they got the name of the stadium wrong." That often interests them. Feinstein shows he has an ax to grind with a few people, including Chris Berman (unless that's supposed to be a joke), and slams Jeff George, who went to high school in Indianapolis and has done a lot for charity. There's too much talking More...

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Dec 10, 2009

David rated it:

Cover-up is a mystery about a boy and girl named Susan Carol Anderson and Stevie Thomas. They have ssolved mysteries before in previous books in this series but none have been like this one because they're in the superdome at the superbowl. They both have reporting jobs there because of working for reporters at the final four and U.S. tennis tournament. They were scheduled to both work for a kids/teens T.V. show but at the last second before they went to the superdome they fired Stevie and More...

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Sep 15, 2011

Willam rated it:

Cover-Up by John Feinstein is about two kids ( Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson) who try to tell the world about a problem in the Super Bowl. Stevie is a news paper reporter and Susan Carol is a TV reporter. It sounds pretty easy to expose the world to this problem but it's not that easy. They have owners,players,and the NFL to get by in order to tell the world.
I liked the book because it kept me at the edge of my seat most of the book.I didn't like that Stevie let Susan Carol' More...

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Mar 17, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

I typically don't try to start a series with the 3rd book but when you don't realize you are reading the 3rd book, well, it happens. The great thing is that Feinstein lays enough foundation that missing book 1 & 2 don't hurt a thing. One quickly discovers all they need to know & understand about Stevie & Susan Carol.

The plot is very focused on those who enjoy sports & want to live the kid dream of getting to meet sports-celebrities. Everyone from Chris Berman to Ray Lewis are de More...

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Jul 08, 2010

Judine rated it:

This is a great age-appropriate mystery centered around two saavy 14-year-old sports reporters. Stevie and Susan Carol are likeable, but make typical young teenager mistakes. The adult role models are also believable, especially since they don't make decisions for the young journalists, but help them make the best decisions they can based on the evidence they've uncovered. While I appreciated the intermingling of real and fictional sports and celebrity personalities, the MASSIVE cast of characte More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Josh rated it:

The Change Up
By: John Feinstein
Published Date: 2009
Genre: Realistic Fiction
There is a star pitcher on the Washington Nationals that most have never heard of pitching in the World Series. It’s hard to pitch a one hitter and no one has ever heard of you especially when you are pitching against the Red Sox. His name is Norbert Doyle and there is more to him than just his star pitching. He is hiding something about his past. His wife died in a two car accident with a drunken More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Yenchen rated it:

I began this book knowing nothing about baseball and I ended up liking this book anyway. The only reason I picked up this book is because I have read John Feinstein's previous work such as Last Shot and I have loved reading all of them. Steve Thomas and Susan Carol return for another great mystery to solve. I thought this mystery had many twists and turns as Steve and Susan try to find out the history behind the mysterious (at first friendly) pitcher. Different stories were introduced to explain More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Laura rated it:

The latest in the Susan Carol/Stevie mystery series. In this one, the two teenage journalists cover the World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox. During the playoffs, Stevie discovers Norbert Doyle, an career minor-leaguer who, against all odds, makes the team for the series and is tapped to start Game Two. Stevie may have lucked into the best story of the Series, but as he learns more about Doyle's past, he starts finding things that don't add up.

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Nov 21, 2011

Michael rated it:

Change-up: Mystery at the World Series was a great book. In another Stevie and Susan Carol adventure, the two are found at the World Series. One night after the Nationals had just won to go to the series, Stevie sees a lonely looking pitcher named Norbert Doyle. Stevie tries interviewing him but Doyle gets called away by teammates as they are celebrating. Doyle then calls Stevie later and accepts an interview. During the interview Stevie learns that Doyle had been in a terrible car accident More...

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Nov 21, 2011

TimE rated it:

If y ou got a chance to go to the World Series for free wouldn’t you do it? These two kids named Stevie and Susan Carol have just that privilege. They are there reporting about it. The book I have read was Change-Up by John Feinstein. Stevie and Susan have gone to the World Series to write reports about it. However, there is one thing that is a little out of the ordinary. That is the fact that the Nationals are in the World Series. Them getting to the play-offs is amazing enough, but the World More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Laura Stone rated it:

YA - eaudio Although they’re only 14 years old, Stevie and Susan Carol are already well known sports reporters who have (in previous books) already covered the Final Four and the Superbowl. Not only are they talented and well respected, they certainly have a nose for news and a knack for finding themselves in the middle of controversy.

In Change-up: Mystery at the World Series Stevie and Susan Carol are covering the World Series when they discover certain facts from the past about N More...

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Nov 21, 2011

John rated it:

Stevie & Susan Carol are back, and this time they are at the WORLD SERIES. Norbert Davis was called up by the Washington Nationals in August to finish the season, and pitched well, a 3.23 ERA, but no wins, until the Nationals reach the World Series, the Game 2 starter is injured and Norbert finds out he will start.

He grants Stevie & Susan Carol an interview the morning of the game when he finds out he will start, and then goes out and pitches a one hitter in a Nationals Game 2 vic More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Jerzy rated it:

"It’s late October and the underdog Washington Nationals have just defeated the New York Mets to win the National League championship for the first time in 76 years. Sniffing out a story in the Nationals’ locker room, 14 year old “kid reporter�...more It’s late October and the underdog Washington Nationals have just defeated the New York Mets to win the National League championship for the first time in 76 years. Sniffing out a story in the Nationals’ locker room, 14 year old “kid reporter” More...

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Nov 21, 2011

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It’s late October and the underdog Washington Nationals have just defeated the New York Mets to win the National League championship for the first time in 76 years. Sniffing out a story in the Nationals’ locker room, 14 year old “kid reporter” Stevie Thomas meets Norbert Doyle, a quiet, reserved pitcher recently called up from the minor leagues. Doyle’s back story is the stuff of dreams and Hollywood movies. After losing his wife in a gruesome car accident, he toiled away unsung in the minors More...

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Jan 29, 2010

Sarah rated it:

I think I've purchased just about every book Feinstein has written for my library because they are so popular. Cover-Up has been out for awhile and I've been meaning to read it, so I jumped at the chance to listen to it. It was read by the author, and I hope he doesn't read anymore. The reading wasn't as good as it could've been. Too monotone for me.[return][return]Steve and Susan Carol are back as the famous kid sports reporters. They have already solved mysteries at the U.S. Open and the NCAA More...

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Feb 12, 2009

David rated it:

I dont enjoy too many books. You know this book is good because i really enjoyed it. It is a book that i couldnt put down. You know how books are to short and they leave you hangin. Well this book has just the right amount of length and it isnt too long where you just want to get done with it. It is written very well and i like the way the author talks about things. You would think that a teenager is writing it because you feel the same way about things as the author. It is a book that i c More...

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