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After the Shot Drops
Contributor(s): Ribay, Randy (Author)
ISBN: 0358108063     ISBN-13: 9780358108061
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE:   $14.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2020
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.43" W x 8.19" (0.61 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Topical - Teen
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 198526
Reading Level: 4.6   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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.


Contributor Bio(s): Ribay, Randy: - Randy Ribay was born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest on a diet of books and Pokémon cards. Ribay is the author of An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes. A graduate of the University of Colorado and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ribay is an English teacher at a private school in Palo Alto, California, and a reviewer for The Horn Book. He lives in Stanford, California.
www.randyribay.com
Twitter and Instagram @randyribay