{"product_id":"after-the-shot-drops-randy-ribay","title":"After the Shot Drops;  Randy Ribay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family in the tradition of Jason Reynolds, Matt de la Pena, and Walter Dean Myers.     \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBunny 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible decision—maybe a dangerous one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold from alternating perspectives, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Shot Drops\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a heart-pounding story about the responsibilities of great talent and the importance of compassion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch 6, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRandy Ribay is the author of the contemporary YA novels PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING (Kokila\/Penguin 2019), AFTER THE SHOT DROPS (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) and AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES (Merit Press\/Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2015). He's also a high school English teacher, reader, gamer, watcher of great TV, husband, and father of two dog-children. He can probably be found somewhere making lightsaber sound effects with his mouth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44802272919874,"sku":"","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/shot.jpg?v=1679427172","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/after-the-shot-drops-randy-ribay","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}