A review by jwinchell
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay

5.0

This book breathes basketball and it breathes life! There's so much play-by-play and color commentary I felt like I was watching each game. The alternating chapters stitch together Nasir and Bunny's perspectives and move along the fast-paced narrative. Each of the 3 main characters (Nasir, Bunny, and Wallace) navigate their neighborhood and options and futures differently; the struggle and the heartbreak is real. The end--man, I did not see that coming! The hype and lauding that's surrounding this book, that it's in the spirit of Walter Dean Myers, Matt de la Pena, Jason Reynolds? I concur. Highly recommended.