One . . . last . . . chance! Win or Hillsdale High loses the “Pick” forever! The . . . pressure . . . is . . . on . . . The “Golden Pick” . . . is a much-sought-after trophy awarded to the winner of the Hillsdale-Pine Bluff football game each fall for over 50 years. A series that goes back nearly 100 years . . . is in a flat-footed tie. With Pine Bluff set to expand and make further play impossible . . . this year the game decides the permanent home of the “Pick” . . . permanent as in forever. The two towns are consumed with the bitter rivalry from the first day of practice in August until the last play of the “Pick” game in late October. The pressure mounts with each passing day . . . and falls on the shoulders of sophomore quarterback Rob Mathews more often than not. The football action will keep you turning pages! Last Chance follows Rob Mathews through the season, both on and off the field. The excitement and drama from the field spills over into everyday life, with the appearance of two transfer students . . . one a breathtakingly beautiful young lady that turns Rob’s life upside down . . . the other, the infamous and until this point, mythical, “Trip” . . . the three-sport star that Hillsdale needs to put them over the top in football, basketball, and baseball . . . if they can keep him in town . . . and at Hillsdale High. Rob’s interaction with the pair . . . and with Allison Pierce, Rob’s ever-present nerdy next-door neighbor, teaches them all about trust, friendship, loyalty, and how not to judge a book by its cover. ABOUT THE SERIES . . . Last Chance is the fourth in a completed series of twelve books by Mac McGowan. Written with a light narrative hand, riveting sports action, and a sprinkling of humor, the stories flow along briskly. The series follows Rob chronologically through his high school career, in either a football, basketball, or baseball season. Rob will face bitter rivals in all three sports and questions of morals, ethics, integrity, and social interaction, on and off the field of play. Through Rob, his mother, the girl-next-door, his best friend, a special girlfriend, and his two mentor coaches, the reader will learn life lessons along with Rob. The series matures as Rob does, slowly working his way toward adulthood as the conflicts go from bullies to bad coaches to girl problems and work their way up to relationships, where to go to college, and how to look at long-term life goals. It takes a while, but we watch as Rob goes from caring only about what a girl looks like to a guy who understands what’s inside that matters. But make no mistake . . . action-packed sports are at the heart of all 12 books. The series offers an excellent opportunity for readers to enjoy thrilling wins and losses against bitter rivals on the field or court . . . and experience the joy and heartbreak of teenage romance, learn life lessons, make better choices, learn a little coaching philosophy, and become better people. More importantly, it offers an enjoyable, easy, fun, thrilling, and satisfying read.