After The Shot Drops

Posted on 23 October 2018 by Randy Ribay

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, Matt de la Pena, and Walter Dean Myers 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 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. Free Read [ After The Shot Drops ] By [ Randy Ribay ] – kino-fada.fr When a 14 year old, self professed non reader, enjoys a book so much that he enthusiastically encourages me to read it, I am going to read that book.Hey, I wrote this book, tooBunny and Nasir used to be best friends, and a great team on the basketball court, too But then Bunny got a scholarship to a private academy to play ball for them, while Nasir is still stuck at public school, hanging out with his questionable cousin Wallace Now they re estranged, and they re both unhappy with how things are going But neither of them can figure out how to fix the situation, either I picked this up at the beginning of the NBA finals Then they were over all too soon for my Bunny and Nasir used to be best friends, and a great team on the basketball court, too But then Bunny got a scholarship to a private academy to play ball for them, while Nasir is still stuck at public school, hanging out with his questionable cousin Wallace Now they re estranged, and they re both unhappy with how things are going But neither of them can figure out how to fix the situation, either I picked this up at the beginning of the NBA finals Then they were over all too soon for my team Cleveland Cavaliers , and I lost my enthusiasm for reading a basketball book But I am really glad I finally did read this Randy Ribay has written a boy book that s awesomely intersectional The teen male characters get emotional story arcs the adult male characters encourage the boys to acknowledge thei...Have they read Slam, The Hate U Give, Hooper, All American Boys, or The Crossover After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay brings an amazing cast of complex characters together and tackles important topics like friendship, loya...This was such a fast read , I could have finished it in just one sitting The characters are well written and the plot makes sense This is a good book that deals with the fallout of bad decisions, mature friendships and life decisions Simple but good book, nice representation of minorities.A gripping, heart pounding story with incredible characters who were complex and funny and heartbreaking and real I wanted to underline so many lines, and I wanted to stay in Bunny and Nasir s world forever Suspenseful, powerful, complicated and deeply moving.This books was really, really good I didn t know much about it going into it, other than the fact that it featured basketball in some way, but it completely blew me away I d totally recommend this.I can t remember exactly how I heard of this book, but I vaguely remember it being described as YA Ghost, which is a fast way to get me to pick up anything And with blurbs from Jeff Zentner and Carl Deuker Now we re talking I don t think I heard a ton about this on social media, either, but with starred reviews left and right and a Colby Sharp shout out, I am not the only person who is like, yeah this book is a good purchase for a high school or mature middle school audience The plot I can t remember exactly how I heard of this book, but I vaguely remember it being described as YA Ghost, which is a fast way to get me to pick up anything And with blurbs from Jeff Zentner and Car...Paired pretty closely with my first reading of All American Boys, this book is very similar in style, though centered on slightly different themes There s not so much to do with police brutality here, and the two narrators are farclosely connected than Reynolds and Kiley s, being lifelong best friendsuntil now, when Bunny s transferred to a high end Catholic private school and Nasir feels left behind And that s just the beginning of the chips Nasir has on his shoulder when it comes to Paired pretty closely with my first reading of All American Boys, this book is very similar in style, though centered on slightly different themes There s not so much to do with police brutality here, and the two narrators are farclosely connected than Reynolds and Kiley s, being lifelong best friendsuntil now, when Bunny s transferred to a high end Catholic private school and Nasir feels left behind And that s just the beginning of the chips Nasir has on his shoulder when it comes to Bunny he also feels like Bunny took his girl away from him when Keyona was, of course, never his in the first place An... This is how you write a story from different POVs.

English
23 October 2018

Randy Ribay