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Untitled Army-Navy Game Mystery (Final Four Mysteries #5)
Bestselling writer John Feinstein is back with another exciting sports-mystery, this one set behind the scenes at the storied Army-Navy football game.
Teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and SusanCarol Anderson are thrilled to be covering "America's Game." The Black Knights of Army and the Midshipmen of Navy have met on the football field since 1890, and it's a rivalry like n...more
Teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and SusanCarol Anderson are thrilled to be covering "America's Game." The Black Knights of Army and the Midshipmen of Navy have met on the football field since 1890, and it's a rivalry like n...more
ebook, 336 pages
Published
September 28th 2010
by Random House Children's Books
(first published 2010)
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The Rivalry
By John Feinstein
This book is a must-read for any sports fan ages 15 and under, and any mystery fan. Two teen reporters are assigned a huge project…………. The Army-Navy game, being played in Washington D.C. The reporters, Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, have been at it for two years since winning a writing award, and have never been more excited for an assignment. Before the big game, in the weeks leading up to it, they have to report on both teams. All the while, the governmen...more
By John Feinstein
This book is a must-read for any sports fan ages 15 and under, and any mystery fan. Two teen reporters are assigned a huge project…………. The Army-Navy game, being played in Washington D.C. The reporters, Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, have been at it for two years since winning a writing award, and have never been more excited for an assignment. Before the big game, in the weeks leading up to it, they have to report on both teams. All the while, the governmen...more
When I first started reading this book, I expected another good book from John Feinstein. I enjoyed "Cover Up", in the series because it has the main characters-Steve Thomas and Susan Carol-going on a over the top chase to try to uncover a Super Bowl conspiracy. However, this book is mostly about the president and the traditions that take place during the Army-Navy game. Half the book is about how classy the players on the team are and there is no real action. The football scenes in this game ar...more
Stevie and Susan Carol are at it again. This time their nose for news is about to uncover a scandal at the Army-Navy football game. If you haven't met them before, Stevie and Susan Carol are teen sports reporters. Since winning a writing contest as 8th graders, they have been working with two seasoned reporters, Bobby Kelleher and Tamara Mearns, ever since. They have covered some of the biggest events in sports (the Super Bowl, the Final Four) and uncovered some of the biggest scandals. Now they...more
This book was about a young journalist named Stevie, trying to solve a mystery at the Army-Navy football game with his partner Susan Carol in Washington D.C. The book starts out a little before the kick-off of the fottball game. The next few chapters are about the weeks before the game where Stevie and Susan Carol travel to both Army and Navy University to write stories in the newspaper about the upcoming game. Susan Carol decides to writes a nasty article about the referees that reffed the Navy...more
Teenage sports writers in training, Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, are back to report on the Army Navy football game. Their mentors at the Washington Post and Washington Herald have called them in to be part of the reporting team after their success at writing about the Final Four championship and at solving a mystery.
Everything is great until Susan Carol witnesses some bad calls by refs at the Notre Dame navy game the week before the Army Navy Game. When she files a piece indicting th...more
Everything is great until Susan Carol witnesses some bad calls by refs at the Notre Dame navy game the week before the Army Navy Game. When she files a piece indicting th...more
Mar 12, 2011
J
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
middle-school-fiction,
realistic-fiction
Though I haven't read the first four of Feinstein's YA sports mysteries, it wasn't difficult to jump right into this story of Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, crackerjack 14-year-old journalists who have been asked to cover the Army-Navy football game. Feinstein's forte isn't character development (or character naming for that matter -- it gets pretty tiresome repeating Susan Carol's name in your head while reading) but what he lacks in understanding teens he makes up for in his inside kn...more
This book is about what is going on during the famed Army vs. Navy football game where this year the president will be attending. Two young star sportswriters will be covering the game and writing stories about army and navy during the weeks preparing before the game. They have no idea what they are in for; all they know is that they will have the time of their lives covering these two storied teams. Mystery at the Army vs. Navy game was written by John Feinstein for the purpose of entertainment...more
Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are teen sports reporters. In the first book in this series, Last Shot, they won a writing contest and were invited to report on the Final Four tournament. They also solved a mystery involving a blackmail attempt, and the two keep getting invited to cover big sporting events, even though trouble seems to follow them. In this, the fifth book in the series, Stevie and Susan Carol are part of the coverage of the annual Army-Navy college football game, which is...more
I really like this series as a whole, but I found The Rivalry a bit disappointing. There's a lack of focus, since much of the first half of the book deals with security concerns regarding the President and VP attendance at game-related functions and the role of the Secret Service at such events, but those concerns never lead to any major plot points. The second plotline, regarding bad officiating and possible game-fixing, is more compelling and ultimately redeems much of the book.
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The Rivalry by John Feinstein is a novel that takes place at the Army-Navy game. It is a continuation of other books by John Feinstein and it follows two main characters, Susan Carol and Steve Thomas. In my opinion, this is one of the worst books that I have read all year, I think this because John Feinstein focuses way too much of the traditions of the Army-Navy game and spends almost no time on developing the characters like he did in his previous books. Also, the author rips on real life peop...more
A solid entry in the series, although I was a little disappointed at the ho-hum nature of the mystery itself. Our heroes, Steve and Susan Carol, didn't do a whole lot of digging or sleuthing to figure it out. They just kind of put two and two together in a flash of inspiration, which is clever, but not as much fun to read about as doing actual investigating. The story is mostly all about the lead up to the Army-Navy college football game, and we get a lot of background on the history and traditi...more
I thought The Rivalry was a very good book because it talked about the class of the Army and Navy football programs. I can relate to this because I have been to Navy to watch one of their football games and they were a very unique school. I think it is intended for teens, but any football fans could read this. This story is about two high school kids who win a writing contest and get an opportunity to write about the Army-Navy rivalry football game. It just so happens that President Obama is att...more
A basic summary of the book Rivalry is a mystery is solved and the referees get involved a little too much in the game they are reefing. The quality of the book isn't really good because there are too many characters to follow and they use a lot of big words that some people might not understand and it drags on.
The theme of the book is kids are assigned to do a report about the mysteries around the big Army and Navy game. The author was intending to give suspense to the story. A pivotal moment w...more
The theme of the book is kids are assigned to do a report about the mysteries around the big Army and Navy game. The author was intending to give suspense to the story. A pivotal moment w...more
This book is about teen journalism, Army/Navy football tradition, and Secret Service agents protecting the President. So far, the two high school age main characters have been introduced to many, many people -- some actual people and some made-up (I presume) -- and have been invited to cover the A/N game for two well-known daily newspapers. There will probably be some danger and intrigue to come, along with -- you can bet on it -- plenty of sports action. I have made it to the end of the first d...more
267 Pages. Riley Nordquist Per. 2
This is mainly about an on going conflict with two teenage sportswriters and referees of the Army Navy fotball game. They dont want to start anything at a game this important, but they do want to catch the refs. I would say the climax of this story is when they find out about the ref's plan to cheat.
The author doesnt really use a unique style. But his characterization use is really good. He really gives you a good description and picture of every main character...more
This is mainly about an on going conflict with two teenage sportswriters and referees of the Army Navy fotball game. They dont want to start anything at a game this important, but they do want to catch the refs. I would say the climax of this story is when they find out about the ref's plan to cheat.
The author doesnt really use a unique style. But his characterization use is really good. He really gives you a good description and picture of every main character...more
I thought this book was a great book with a good storyline. This boom is about a mystery at the Army and Navy game. Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol are at it again writing articles for their newspaper. Except this time they are at a army-navy game and the Reffs are hiding something. As usual Stevie and Susan uncover the mystery. My opinion of this book is that it was suspenseful and it felt real. It was a very good book, and the genre is realistic fiction.I would recommend this to kids who play fo...more
I really enjoyed this book! I thought this book really makes you want to read, and learn about the history of the Army-Navy Game. Reading this book gave me a great understanding on the players of both teams, and how life is, being in the Military.
The story is about a 14-year-old girl named Susan Collins Anderson, and a boy named Stevie, who set out to right a newspaper on the rivalry of the Navy-Army game. Susan visits Naval Academy, and rights a report on how Midshipmen live. Susan also, gets...more
The story is about a 14-year-old girl named Susan Collins Anderson, and a boy named Stevie, who set out to right a newspaper on the rivalry of the Navy-Army game. Susan visits Naval Academy, and rights a report on how Midshipmen live. Susan also, gets...more
The book The Rivalry Mystery at the Amry-Navy Game was a bout a young journalist,Stevie, a mystery at the Army-Navy game with his partner Susan Carol. The book starts out a little before the kick-off of the fottball game. The next several chapters are about the weeks leading up to the game where Stevie and Susan Carol travel to both schools to write stories in the newspaper about the upcoming game. But when Susan Carol rights a nasty article about the referees that reffed the Navy-Notre Dame gam...more
Nov 10, 2010
Sarah
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
grades 6-9
Recommended to Sarah by:
7/8 list
Stevie and Susan Carol, both high school freshmen who have been writing special sports columns for publications such as The Washington Post ever since they won a writing contest, are invited to write about the annual Army (West Point) versus Navy (Annapolis) football game, which is special that year because President Obamba will be in attendance. Each of them is also allowed to get to know some of the players and coaches, along with learning about the heightened security measures that are going...more
Book 5 in the sports mystery series takes place at the Army-Navy game. This year’s game has added excitement, as the President will be at the game. Secret Service are everywhere, making sure everything is in order. Of course, it is NOT!
This book seems to divert from the others in two major ways. First, the focus here is about Army, Navy and the game. We are flooded with facts (maybe because the author wrote a separate book about this great rivalry) and the actual mystery takes a back seat. Secon...more
This book seems to divert from the others in two major ways. First, the focus here is about Army, Navy and the game. We are flooded with facts (maybe because the author wrote a separate book about this great rivalry) and the actual mystery takes a back seat. Secon...more
Slow and unbelievable....sure, 2 fourteen year olds are writing for major newspapers and interviewing the President...I think not. How may kids would know or care who Woodward was? I just don't believe anything in this series and the overwhelming use of sports stats just puts me to sleep. Maybe die-hard sports fans love them but this was a snooze. Read "Running Dream" or "Soccerland" for a sports story with heart.
Continues with regular characters Stevie and Susan Carol, who are 14 year old sports journalists as they work again with the Washington Post, this time covering the annual Army-Navy football game at which Obama is scheduled to attend. Lots of football action, very simple, nothing clever said style of writing by John Feinstein. Because it features the Naval Academy team, I might recommend to a sports nut kid.
The Rivalry by John Feinstein was an OK book. The book started off really slow. It took a while to meet all the characters. Also it was kind of confusing because they kept switching from one time period to another. Besides those things I thought the book was good. The conflict was a great Idea and I really liked that part. Another reason I liked the book is in it the officials made some bad calls and it reminded me when just after my coach argued with the umpire I struck out on three pitches at...more
The Rivalry is a great book that shows so many different qualities of life. The main I think is that cheaters never win in the end. The only way you would not like this book is if you do not follow and love sports. Another reason why this is book is great is because it is current sport topics that i just heard about in the news. I could really relate to this book because I knew what they were talking about. The Rivalry is a book that I would say to any sports fan, read this book. It is a quick r...more
the book was fantastic. At first i thought that it was non fiction which it kind of is but at the end of the book i figured out that it was definetly realistic fiction because i know what hapened in the book didnt happen in real life.
Another fantastic read by Feinstein. Excellent job writing about a special, special game. Any football fan will enjoy it.
The "drama" is more focused on the two main characters (Stevie & Susan Carol) than on outside forces.
Great read for your football lovers!
The "drama" is more focused on the two main characters (Stevie & Susan Carol) than on outside forces.
Great read for your football lovers!
Phenomenal story! I loved hearing all the pomp and circumstance surrounding the tradition of the Army-Navy game!
And, once again John Feinstein has found a unique way to tell his story! And, for better or worse, another crime associated with the sports world.
And, once again John Feinstein has found a unique way to tell his story! And, for better or worse, another crime associated with the sports world.
The mystery in this title was not as good as the previous ones in this series had been. I also was a bit disappointed not to see the relationship between Steve and Susan Carol get developed more as it has grown as the series has gone along. This book was more of a walk-thru of a couple of days in a sportswriter's work and background info on the Army and Navy football teams than young adult mystery.
Quick, rewarding read. Since I'm less of a football fan than others, some of the technical actions of what guys were doing on the field was lost on me, but that doesn't detract from the book.
Fun for young readers who could identify with he protagonists, not matter how implausible their presenting scenario. The extensive name dropping became quite annoying. How many "famous" people could possibly appear in any one book!?!
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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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