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After the Shot Drops

Name: After the Shot Drops
ISBN: 9780358108061

Randy Ribay

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 21, 2020

Reading lane: Basketball

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Why This Clicks

Friendship Under Pressure

Basketball, shifting loyalties, and family responsibility give this story its pulse.

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The pull of a friendship tested by a scholarship and a risky bet
Basketball alongside questions of privilege and compassion

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Alternating perspectives between best friends
A tense story about talent and responsibility

Book Details

Authors: Randy Ribay
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: January 21, 2020
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Basketball · Basketball Stories
Reading lane: Basketball

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YA Art & Artists
YA Stories About Boys & Men
Diverse YA Fiction
YA Family Stories

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Novels in Verse for Teens
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A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family in the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers, from National Book Award Finalist Randy Ribay. “Belongs on the shelf alongside contemporary heavy-hitters like Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give , Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds’s All-American Boys , and Nic Stone’s Dear Martin ." — School Library Journal , starred review Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace, who is being evicted. Nasir can't help but wonder why the neighborhood is falling over itself to help Bunny when Wallace is in trouble. When Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible decision—maybe a dangerous one. Told from alternating perspectives, After the Shot Drops is a heart-pounding story about the responsibilities of great talent and the importance of compassion.