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After the Shot Drops

by Randy Ribay

Friendship, basketball, and competing loyalties

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Friendship, basketball, and competing loyalties

Bunny’s scholarship takes him into a more privileged school community, while his longtime friend Nasir remains close to home and to his cousin Wallace, who faces eviction. The distance between the boys sharpens questions of loyalty and fairness: Nasir watches support gather around Bunny as Wallace’s situation worsens, and a bet puts that divide into sharper focus. Alternating between Bunny’s and Nasir’s perspectives, the novel connects basketball with family pressures, neighborhood ties, and the responsibilities that come with talent. Its central conflict turns on how friendship holds up when opportunity and hardship are distributed unevenly.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in basketball-centered fiction
  • Readers who enjoy stories about friendship tested by changing circumstances
  • Readers interested in family pressures and neighborhood inequality

Themes

Friendship and loyaltyBasketball and opportunityFamily responsibilityEconomic hardshipCompassion

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Book overview

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.
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