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Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open (Final Four Mystery #2)
Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson return in another fast-paced, action-packed sports mystery from bestselling sports writer John Feinstein.
The two hopeful sports reporters have kept in touch after their wild time at the Final Four, and when Susan Carol manages to score a press pass to cover the first week of the US Open Tennis Tournament in New York, Stevie works out ...more
The two hopeful sports reporters have kept in touch after their wild time at the Final Four, and when Susan Carol manages to score a press pass to cover the first week of the US Open Tennis Tournament in New York, Stevie works out ...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
August 22nd 2006
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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In the book "Vanishing Act" by John Feinstein, eighth graders Susan and Stevie are invited by a columnist from the Washington Herald. Susan and Stevie have not seen each other since they reported on a Final Four game. The only communication that they had with each other was instant messaging. Susan and her Uncle Brendan invited Stevie to stay with them. Susan’s Uncle had recently started a agency where they draft young children and place them into tournaments. When Susan and Stevie met...more
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Last month, I read a book called Vanishing Act by John Feinstein. In my opinion, this book had all of the great traits I like to see in a book: mystery, drama, and sports. In Vanishing Act, the two main characters are Susan Carol and Stevie. These two teens are amateur sports writers. Susan Carol wrote articles for her local newspaper while Stevie wrote for the Washington Herald. Together, these two teens investigate the mysterious disappearance of a tennis player during the U.S. Open. The...more
Charles gelman 7-2
5/12/10
Vanishing Act by: John Feinstein
By: Charles Gelman
Vanishing Act by John Feinstein is a book about a young tennis player who is kidnapped at the U.S Open match. This book involves many strengths and weaknesses from the author’s writing. In my opinion, I would give this book two and a half stars out of five. I say this because of the great amount of weaknesses the novel owns. The book’s cons start with how the story drags. The story t...more
5/12/10
Vanishing Act by: John Feinstein
By: Charles Gelman
Vanishing Act by John Feinstein is a book about a young tennis player who is kidnapped at the U.S Open match. This book involves many strengths and weaknesses from the author’s writing. In my opinion, I would give this book two and a half stars out of five. I say this because of the great amount of weaknesses the novel owns. The book’s cons start with how the story drags. The story t...more
I personally thought that Vanishing Act by John Feinstein was rather good. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes sports. I would especially recommend it to people who like to play and learn about the sport tennis. Some parts were very interesting. Also at the same time other parts were not as exciting. When some boring parts occurred I would try to imagine it because sometimes I would get off guard and it would be hard to focus. Other than that this book is in my top favorites. In the ...more
Over the past few weeks, I read the book Vanishing Act by John Feinstein. This book is about a boy named Stevie and a girl named Susan Carol who are young and rising stars in the reporting business. They had just been to the final four where they had discovered a mystery. In this book were invited by the Washington Herald to the U.S open to report on the tennis matches. The only times that they had talked to each other since the final four was instant messaging. Susan Carol gave Stevie the...more
This is the second sports mystery for the YA audience by Feinstein, a sports reporter. Thirteen-year-old aspiring sports writer Stevie is reacquainted with fellow budding sports reporter Susan Carol, who is the same age as Stevie but several inches taller, much to his dismay. In their first adventure, Stevie and Susan Carol uncovered a plot at college basketball's Final Four. In this tale, while the two are at the US Open a top-rated female player disappears and is believed to have been kidnap...more
"Vanishing Act" is about thirteen year old Stevie Thomas and his best friend/crush Susan Carol Anderson. They made sportswriting history before by covering a huge blackmailing scheme at the NBA (or something related to basketball), and now they are ready to view the US Open without any trouble or qualms. However, just as they begin to enjoy the tennis matches, a star player gets kidnapped. Stevie and Susan Carol work with each other to piece together what exactly happened.
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Vanishing Act by John Feinstein was a great book. The whole time I wanted to just keep reading it. At the end of each chapter there is always new information given and that information leads to a more suspensful part of the story. It is about two young writers, Stevie and Susan Carol, who had previously won a writing contest to see and write about the final four basketball tournament. Now they are in New York to write about the U.S. Open tennis tournament. At one of the early matches they w...more
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John Feinstein did a miraculous job with Vanishing Act. I would give it five stars because I never wanted to put it down. If you are a boy and like sports you will love this. I you like mystery you will love this. If you are like me and enjoy both this is the book for you. Steven and Susan Carol are reporters and go to a tennis tournament in New York. They are stuck in the middle of the kidnapping of the most popular female player in the world. My favorite part of the book is when Susan Carol ge...more
Aspiring sports writers Stevie and Susan Carol are at it again, this time at the U. S. Open. Their tennis coverage is disrupted when one of the star players is kidnapped. When the intrepid reporters start investigating the kidnapping their faith in the integrity of sports is shaken, as it seems every one from players to agents is involved, possibly even Susan Carol's uncle.
This is a fun series for sports enthusiasts and mystery lovers alike. The two main characters are enjoyable...more
This is a fun series for sports enthusiasts and mystery lovers alike. The two main characters are enjoyable...more
When a famous Russian tennis player is apparently kidnapped at the US Open, it is up to two budding teen journalists to solve the crime. [return][return]Although Feinstein's voice is better suited to doing NPR commentary than narrating a spoken book, this sports mystery is full of insider details that current tennis fans will love. Mystery fans won't be disappointed either with the twisty, but logical ending.
Not quite the page-turner that Feinstein's first book in the series, Last Shot, is, but kids who liked Last Shot will still want to read this book about Stevie and Susan Carol investigating the disappearance of a player at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
Feinstein isn't the greatest reader of his own stuff, but he's pretty good. Another enjoyable look into an inner sanctum of sports, this time Wimbledon.
This one is a young adult book and the two kids at the center of things are very likable.
This one is a young adult book and the two kids at the center of things are very likable.
Eighth graders Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are aspiring sports writers. While covering the U. S. Open, their inquisitive nature puts them right in the middle of a mystery when Russian tennis star Nadia Symanova goes missing.
It's interesting so far.....It's basically about a boy who is going to the U.S. open. but a star player vanishes, so he's trying to look for her with his friend..
I love it! This is an incredible book. you think it is going one way and the SHOOMP! It goes the other. this is one of the best mysteries ever.
It was not that great.
It bored me because there wasnt enough action.
It had too much dialogue.
It was not intresting.
It bored me because there wasnt enough action.
It had too much dialogue.
It was not intresting.
This was a good book about Susan Carol and Stevie going to the U.S. OPEN! I enjoyed it very much and it was a good book.
I liked this book as I have all the books ive read by John. I didnt enjoy this one as much as the first I must say maybe just because the story is basicly the same except for the change in sport and location. You know before you even start that they are going to fing a "scandal", write about it for their papers and solve it, but I guess thats the same for all mysteries. With that said I still think its rather a good novel. I makes you want to keep reading and you'll get through it fast...more
The second in Feinstein's young adult sports mystery series, this book is just as much fun as the first one, Last Shot. Stevie and Susan Carol are once again on the scene at a big sporting event, the U.S. Open tennis championships, when a 16-year old Russian tennis star vanishes as she's walking to her match! Was she kidnapped? If so, by whom and why? And will our teen journalist-sleuths be able to solve the mystery before harm comes to her? Or to them? Good suspense, action and mystery, some h...more
The ongoing adventures of Stevie and Susan Carol continue to make quite a racket.
it has a really fun and fast pace feeling to it! the ending is really cute and even better it is only the second book in a 3 book series so there is one more book to enjoy!
Amazing! I loved this one because I love to play tennis.
Great book with a lot of suspense!!!!!!
pretty good lots of action
pretty good.....
Grades 5 and 6
In the middle of reading it but it's a good mystery right from the start when the tennis player gets kidnapped
This book was great
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John Feinstein is one of the nation’s most successful and prolific sports authors who has written 24 books to date. His most recent work Are You Kidding Me? , written with Rocco Mediate, was released on May 18, 2009, and is presently on the shelf at bookstores everywhere. In addition, he is an award-winning columnist and regular contributor in both radio and television.
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