One on One (novel)
{{Short description|1993 novel by Tabitha King}}
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| author = Tabitha King
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Novel
| publisher = Dutton Adult
| release_date = March 1, 1993
| media_type = Print (Hardcover)
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| isbn = 0525935908
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One on One is a 1993 fiction novel by author Tabitha King, set in the fictitious New England town of Nodd's Ridge. The book was published by Dutton Adult.
Plot synopsis
One on One follows Sam and Deanie, two high school students that are more different than they are alike. The two fall in love, only to be faced with multiple adversities, from rivals to sports.
Reception
Reception for One on One was mostly positive, with Entertainment Weekly giving the novel a rating of B+.{{cite web|last=Hajari|first=Nisid|title=Review: One on One|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306020,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202043213/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306020,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2008|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=11 August 2012}}{{cite news|last=Skow|first=John |title=Home Games |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977784,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028032648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,977784,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 28, 2010 |accessdate=11 August 2012|date=Feb 22, 1993}}{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Mark |title=THE 'OTHER' KING COMES INTO HER OWN |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4DC6E2C325673&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News |date=April 4, 1993}} The Chicago Tribune wrote that the book "stands up on its own merits".{{cite news |last=Slater|first=Joyce |title=Teenage basketball, teenage sex, and a tenor who ought to be stopped |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373324.html?dids=24373324:24373324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28%2C+1993&author=Joyce+Slater.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Teenage+basketball%2C+teenage+sex%2C+and+a+tenor+who+ought+to+be+stopped&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131232508/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24373324.html?dids=24373324:24373324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+28,+1993&author=Joyce+Slater.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Teenage+basketball,+teenage+sex,+and+a+tenor+who+ought+to+be+stopped&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |accessdate=11 August 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=Feb 28, 1993}}
The novel was panned by the Arizona Daily Star, saying that King was "a hack", although admitting that "(a)nyone who can go through the grueling process of writing a novel and getting it published deserves a lot of credit."{{cite news |title=Tabitha King's `One' is the work of a hack |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EACE58DA8CDE3F7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=11 August 2012 |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|date=May 2, 1993}} Publishers Weekly gave an ambivalent review, praising the characters while criticizing the plot as "flabby".{{cite web|title=Review: One on One|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-525-93590-2|publisher=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=11 August 2012}}