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Tabitha King is a masterful—regrettably unsung—literary author who characterizes rural Maine unlike any other, and One on One is my favorite of her books. I’m a rural Mainer myself, and the authenticity of the 90’s high school setting really hit home for me; ditto the tourney time basketball fever which drives both Sam and Deanie, the enemies-to-lovers protagonists whose dual narration weaves this tale of a basketball hero “good boy�� falling for the most unlikely of heroines—Deanie, aka The Mutant, a tough, antagonistic teen girl whose abusive, neglectful childhood has left her with a razor tongue and an inability to trust anyone, even when she wants to. I’ll never forget their struggle to see eye to eye, their battles, their eventual hard-won connection over the period of one basketball season. Treat yourself to this masterpiece—you won’t be sorry.