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Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, two teen journalists who bonded at the Final Four, team up once again for a fast‑paced sports mystery. When Susan Carol scores a press pass to cover the first week of the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in New York, Stevie devises a plan to join her. Amid behind‑the‑scenes tennis intrigue, a young Russian phenom, Natalia Makarova, vanishes before her second‑round match. Both reporters, along with the tennis community, frantically search for her, and the rumors grow wilder. Their investigation leads them deep into the world of professional tennis, where the truth becomes more shocking than any headline.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: John Feinstein
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