268 reviews for:

Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.12 AVERAGE

medium-paced
medium-paced
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
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lisbethwhite's review

5.0
adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am not a sporty person, but I absolutely LOVED this book. I think sporty people will love it even more, if that's possible. I listened to the audiobook and was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Just fabulous.
challenging funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was really inspirational and had me hooked from the start

All the stars for this one. Graves draws on his own experiences as a teen on the Red Lake Indian Reservation to give teens a basketball story with plenty of heart and grit, along with thought-provoking social commentary. A strong debut, and worthy recipient of this year’s William C. Morris YA Debut Award.