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After the game / by Abbi Glines.
After being away for two years, Riley Young returns to Lawton, Alabama, with her fifteen-month-old daughter to help take care of her grandmother who has Alzheimers, even though it means she has to face the lies that forced her to leave town in the first place and a blossoming friendship with the high school football star Brady Higgens, who is dealing with his own family problems.
Two years after being raped, Riley Young returns to Lawton, Alabama, with her fifteen-month-old daughter. She plans to help take care of her grandmother who has Alzheimers, even though it means she has to face the lies that forced her to leave town in the first place. She begins a friendship with the high school football star Brady Higgens, who is dealing with his own family problems.
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- ISBN: 9781481438940
- ISBN: 1481438948
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 pages)
- Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon Pulse, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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Electronic resources
- Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2018 Spring
After Riley was raped by a wealthy football star, then shamed and shunned, the fifteen-year-old fled conservative Lawton, Alabama. Now Riley is back--with fifteen-month-old daughter Bryony--and she slowly develops a relationship with senior quarterback Brady, who initially doubted the rape. Told through Riley's and Brady's alternating first-person accounts, this third novel set in football-crazy Lawton reads like a predictable soap opera. Copyright 2018 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 June #1
Welcome to Glines' (Under the Lights, 2016, etc.) seemingly mostly white Lawton, Alabama, where apron-clad moms bake all day, cute boys ride around in pickup trucks, and high school football is the lifeblood of the community.Two years ago, Rhett Lawton, the wealthy Lawton family's eldest son, raped Riley Young. When Riley reported the rape, the entire town turned on her, driving Riley and her parents out of Lawton. Now the Youngs have returned to Lawton to take care of Riley's ailing grandmamma. Riley (who wouldn't recommend teen motherhood "because it [isn't] a life choice") is ready to keep her head down and get through her time here, but all the sufferingâthe rape, the shaming, the shunningâwas worth it, because now Riley is mother to a beautiful daughter, 15-month-old Bryony. "I'd live through it all again if I could have this," she says. Star quarterback Brady Higgens reviled Riley as much as everyone else at the time. Now a senior, Brady looks forward to col lege football. When chance brings Riley and Brady together, they tentatively become friends; as Brady begins to believe Riley's account of what happened, the relationship deepens. Chapters alternate between Riley's and Brady's first-person, present-tense accounts; neither's voice is particularly distinguished, and their romance develops along highly predictable lines. The novel's anti-abortion angle is likely to turn off a lot of readers; even a more conservative boy/girl-romance-loving crowd is likely to find it bland. (Fiction. 14-18) Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 2017 August
High school seniors Riley and Brady have both experienced life-altering heartache. Riley was raped two years ago and is now a mother. The residents of Riley's rural Alabama town do not believe she was assaulted, and she is treated as a modern-day Hester Prynne. Riley's old classmate, Brady, leads a seemingly perfect life. He is the star quarterback, he has a full college scholarship, and his family is flawless. When Brady discovers shocking information about his father, life crashes down around him. Brady's only lifeline is Riley. In Brady's eyes, she is the only person who understands what he is going through. They develop a romantic relationship that is complicated by Riley's vilified status. Together, Brady and Riley must decide whether their relationship can withstand the various issues they face. This is a story about finding inner strength when faced with tragedy. Both Riley and Brady face traumatic, transforming events. Even minor characters face tragedy, ranging from bereavement to a homicidal parent. Everyone emerges from their personal tragedy as a stronger, more empathetic person. While unrealistic, this is inspiring to both the characters as well as to readers. The high drama, however, does not add to the storyline, often detracting from the central plot between Riley and Brady. The dialogue is clunky at times, as teenaged characters occasionally lapse into stilted, unrealistically mature diction. In all, After the Game is not a masterpiece, but it will appeal to teens who appreciate stories about triumph over extreme adversity. This could be recommended to teens who enjoy romances with dark undertones.âHannah Grasse. 2Q 3P S Copyright 2017 Voya Reviews.
