The Last Shot

Description

It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that - for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. It is their last shot. This is the story of a small group of high school boys who have given their young lives to basketball, as neighborhood stars and as team members of the Abraham Lincoln High School Railsplitters, consistently one of the best teams in New York. They dream of a college scholarship and escape from the neighborhood. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are an educational system that has woefully failed them and family circumstances that are often desperate.

First Sentence

ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is a massive yellow brick building of ornate stonework and steel-gated windows at the end of Ocean Parkway, a stately, tree-lined boulevard about a mile from the Coney Island projects.

Excerpt

ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL is a massive yellow brick building of ornate stonework and steel-gated windows at the end of Ocean Parkway, a stately, tree-lined boulevard about a mile from the Coney Island projects.

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Other Editions

• The last shot: city streets, basketball dreamsHoughton Mifflin Co.1994-01-01
• The Last ShotHougton Mifflin2004-03-03
• The last shotSimon & Schuster1996-01-01
• Last ShotLibrary BindingRebound by Sagebrush1999-10-01
• Last ShotHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers2013-01-01
• Last ShotHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company2013-01-01