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After the Shot Drops

After the Shot Drops

Contemporary LiteratureYoung Adult
Pages
336
Published
2018
Language
English

Synopsis

Bunny and Nasir have been best friends their whole lives, bonded by basketball and their neighborhood. When Bunny transfers to St. Sebastian's, a private school with a powerhouse basketball program, in pursuit of a shot at college recruitment, Nasir feels abandoned — and so does Wallace, Nasir's cousin, whose spiral toward addiction and debt puts him in real danger. Nasir believes Bunny owes him help; Bunny is trying to build a future he doesn't want to jeopardize. Told through Bunny's and Nasir's alternating narration, After the Shot Drops examines loyalty, class, and the cost of ambition when the people you love need something you're not sure you can give.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

Coming of Age

Genres

Contemporary Literature Young Adult YA Contemporary

About the author

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Randy Ribay

Randy Ribay is a Filipino American author of young adult fiction. Born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest, he studied English literature at the University of Colorado Boulder and holds a master's degree in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education; he has also worked as a high school English teacher. His novels include An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes (2015), After the Shot Drops (2018), Patron Saints of Nothing (2019) and Everything We Never Had (2024...

Characters

Mother BunnyProtagonist
NasirProtagonist
WallaceSupporting
All characters in After the Shot Drops

Frequently asked questions

  • Does After the Shot Drops deal with drug addiction?

    Yes — Nasir's cousin Wallace struggles with substance abuse and debt, and his situation drives much of the novel's tension.

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