After the Shot Drops

After The Shots Drop is an amazing novel to read. At the beginning it starts of very well. A character named Bunny that is the main character he has a friend named Nasir and they hang out every single day. They play basketball witch is Bunny's favorite sport. Bunny wants to become a professional basketball player. Bunny in one of his games sees scouts for schools in the bleachers. Bunny was accepted in a athletic scholarship out of town. He has to make a choice of leaving his friends. Bunny accepts the scholarship and leaves everyone. Nasir feels betrayed and starts hanging out with other people. Things start falling apart for a while Wallace is a friend of Bunny. Wallace is getting evicted from his from his home he ends up leaving along with his grandma they go on to live with Nasir for a bit. Bunny ends up helping out Wallace with a bit of money. so he and his grandma could survive.This is a wonderful novel for everyone that are readers and Ribay has captured the voices of teens and a situation that is complex and realistic.JP LOPEZ

In the book after the shot drops my reading experience has been good, it's about basketball so I really like the fact it's about what I love. Especially if there is a story about a kid and him succeeding in what he loves. The part i don't like about it is that they are made the kid decide whether he should stay with his friends in high school or go to the top basketball school in the nation for basketball. That would mean that he would have to leave his school, family, and friends behind for chasing his dreams, where I feel like you can do both.Well is this situation and what makes us human is simple. It's about him making decisions and choosing whether he should leave or not. And we all care about ourselves more than other people so we would put ourselves in the best situation possible.“ the world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it, as it was when you came in” thats a quote from james baldwin. And what thats relates to the story because when he is deciding whether he should leave all the things that he loves for the scholarship to play basketball. Because it means either you take the scholarship or you leave the scholarship.I would recommend this to all basketball players and people that just love to hoop because there are also similar stories like this, and there is even a documentary about it.

The author puts two high school student protagonists center stage — former best friends who had a falling out — with each character moving the story along in alternating chapters. It is this skillful and well-executed balancing act that serves to define Bunny’s and Nasir’s personalities while allowing the reader to align with one or the other, and at times with both at the same time, or neither at all. This novel is well-paced and beautifully edited, with plentiful dialog that is contemporary and realistic, but never seems chatty. If there is a bump in the story, it is the seemingly implausible plot twist that occurs when emotions begin to boil over. But the author keeps the story grounded and sufficiently between the guardrails so that it is only, ultimately, a minor and forgivable distraction. Of note throughout — and especially during the climatic final scenes — is the compelling basketball action, expertly executed by the author.

Good book that was recommended by school for seventh grade. Has a lot of cussing 🤬 n it. Might be for more mature kids

I think the book would have been great but every other word was a pretty bad curse word. One after another. My 12 year old was told to read this after 1 day he brought it to me and I started. My goodness they didn't go 1 sentence with blasting profanity.

Randy's writing will take your breath away. His second book illustrates a writer who's on top of their game and can truly grasp and understand the characters he creates and the world he sets them in. A great novel for young adult readers and educators to talk about the advantages, disadvantages, and privileges of class, skill, and race in America.

Good book except curses. This was bought for 11 yr old. It would be good if books could come with ratings like movies do

I chose a 4/5 star rating for this book as I feel that the book is well written and perfect for teenagers. I personally disliked all of the basketball talk/references which was a good portion of the book. I feel that this story of friendship is one that young adults should read to be able to discern true friendship from a user. Great book!

I bought this for my son and he talked to me about this book everyday while he was reading it. He really enjoyed it.