The Final Four

The book Final Four is about the battle that four kids go through to get their teams to the championship game for college basketball and their lives during this time span.

The first character it talks about is Michigan States star point guard Malcom McBride, who has had a rough life who lives in the Brewster Douglas houses the worst area in Michigan, before he went to college his sister dies from a drive by shooting and gets a tattoo of her on his arm without his parents knowing since he is too young to get one without parental permission and is a tough street baller who doesn’t make friends easy, but when the MSU basketball coach pays him a visit he decides to play basketball for them then go to the NBA after one year of college ball earning him the nickname of one-n-done.

The second character is the Croation Roko Bacic who came from Croatia when they are in war. He learned to play basketball from his uncle who showed him videos of Michael Jordan. One day his uncle he had found out was murdered by a gang in Croatia. He came to the United States and made it on to the Troy basketball team.

Throughout the story it tells about the small battles that all the players go through and then leads up to the biggest battle their final four game where the two teams face off in a historic battle to advance to the final round. Malcom throughout the story is stubborn and a selfish teammate that doesn’t care about anything other than himself, his family and winning. The game goes to four overtimes and all the players are going through a lot not just in the game but also in their personal lives. Towards the end of the book Malcom is in an interview and shows his new tattoo that says Spartans forever in the Trojan War.  Also it shows all the emotion and is so realistic.

Book Review by Austin M.