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After the Shot Drops Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Randy Ribay (Author), JB Adkins (Narrator), Ramón de Ocampo (Narrator),
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 394 ratings
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A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family. Written in the tradition of Jason Reynolds, Matt de la Peña, and Walter Dean Myers, After the Shot Drops now has 3 starred reviews!

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.

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 5 minutes
  2. Author
    Randy Ribay
  3. Narrator
    JB Adkins, see all
  4. Audible release date
    June 12, 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Listening Library
  7. ASIN
    B07CWZ7P6F
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 5 minutes
Author Randy Ribay
Narrator JB Adkins, Ramón de Ocampo
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 12, 2018
Publisher Listening Library
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07CWZ7P6F
Best Sellers Rank #36,454 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#11 in Teen & Young Adult Basketball Fiction
#37 in Teen Fiction on Racism & Discrimination
#53 in Fiction on Friendship for Teens

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
394 global ratings
Worth the read from a leisure and emotional health view
5 Stars
Worth the read from a leisure and emotional health view
After The Shot Drops is a wonderful YA read about two highschoolers who love basketball, but fail to communicate their hurt when one transfers to help their family. It's endearing, funny, and I did gasp twice!
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Kathie Berry
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2019
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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.
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Doug W.
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, engaging, un-put-down-able writing
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018
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Randy Ribay has produced a truly engaging book, with two central characters who are both fully developed, conflicted and conflicting individuals--boys who run toward and away from their problems in different ways for different reasons. This is an original, thought provoking, thoroughly un-put-down-able book from start to finish.

The plot summary you can find in other reviews and at the top of this page. All I'll add is that I read this over a weekend, and was fully invested in these two characters from the beginning. Ribay has constructed real and relatable and interesting boys with thoughts, worries, desires, and concerns that feel neither contrived nor trite. His plot develops seamlessly and cleanly, up to the end, and I found myself so engaged in the journey of both characters I couldn't stop reading until I finished the last word on the last page.
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Pablo Lopez
4.0 out of 5 stars AN AMAZING NOVEL TO READ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
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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
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Tiana Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Teacher Friends - You want this one!
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022
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I teach 9th grade ELA and I am always looking for YA books for my class library. This book is incredible, and I plan to use it at the end of the school year for literature circles. The book deals with friendship, betrayal, love, sports, poverty, race, identity, loyalty, and family. I, who knows nothing about sports, could not put this book down.
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G. R. Jack
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a great basketball game
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018
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Like a great basketball game, this book is fast paced with lots of surprising turns that made it totally engrossing. There aren't many YA books that do this good a job exploring complicated male relationships. Ribay shows us the pressures put on Bunny and Nasir by their friends and family and how difficult it can be for them to communicate their need for help. While the basketball scenes are riveting, it's the story of how these friends challenge and support each other that really made this a page turner for me.
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Shaterrica Faulkner
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good relatable book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2022
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The book is a very good book! It kind of relates to me and my basketball lifestyle!
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JANINE KAPLINGER
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read! Hard to put down!
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2022
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This was a summer reading book for my son.
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Mr. Craigo
4.0 out of 5 stars Solidly paced story, beautifully edited, contemporary and realistic dialog ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2019
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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.
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Audrey Arsenault
5.0 out of 5 stars Pick this up!
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2020
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I bought this for my son and he talked to me about this book everyday while he was reading it. He really enjoyed it.
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