A cute children's book that is about sorta about fall and sorta about soccer, but mostly it incorporates a good message to not give up and to just keep trying. Beautiful illustrations.

I am huge fan of short stories by O Henry and The Last Leaf is among the all time fav stories. So when this book shared the same title as my favorite, I really had to read it. And true to the title, it does build upon O Henry's work, this story says 'JUST HANG IN', just try more and you will succeed. And it's FIFA season, so there is every reason to read about soccer.

A young girl is pathetic at playing soccer. However, hard she tries, she fails to do well, just like however hard she tries, she cannot make that last leaf fall off the tree near her house. The leaf's vehement will to cling on to the tree inspires her to not give up easily in soccer and as you would have guessed by now, she does really well, she excels in the big day.

The book begins with an autumn settling , the fall colours making every page of this book colourful and beautiful, but the illustrations that show the girl try hard, fail and make it well in soccer are all fuzzy and not rendered really that well. I am upset with the illustrations a bit but not with the story or its source of inspiration. A good read!