The book ball don lie by matt de la pena

With rosanna arquette, grayson boucher, ludacris, nick cannon. He has a passion for basketball, and he is so gooood. Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is sticky. The bulletin sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing at san diego state university. A skinny high school junior and basketball prodigy from venice, california burdened with early life tragedy callous foster care and obsessivecompulsive disorder, sticky manages to surpass his limits whenever he has a ball in his hands. The bulletinsticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the. Its a dark tale about a basketball player, related in the third person about a teenager whose personal history couldnt be much worse. Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio.

Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is. Matts other books include ball dont lie, mexican whiteboy, we were here, and i will save you. His second novel, mexican whiteboy, was an alayalsa best book for young adult top ten pick, a notable book for a global society, a junior library guild selection and a bulletin blue. Its the only place that feels like home and where his skills give him some street cred. It stars and1 mixtape team member grayson boucher, a. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.

Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The paradise cruise luxury liner he worked on was a hulking. Seventeenyearold sticky has been shuffled to different foster homes and living on the streets since his mothers death. He lives in brooklyn, new york, where he teaches creative writing. Sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He suffers from obsessivecompulsive disorder, which embarrasses him, so he just cant help doing certain things over and over until they feel right. All though sticky is very passionate about the game and playing ball, he in a way has an alterego that is tested later on in the book. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name. Shuffled from one foster home to another after his mothers suicide, stick fits with the rough camaraderie of the other hoopsters, even if some are homeless. Ball dont lie, mexican whiteboy, we were here, i will save you, the living, and his most recent book, the hunted. Ball dont lie is a 2008 film directed by brin hill. He has an mfa in creative writing from san diego state university. Sometimes the tough teen is quietly writing stories. S this is a work of art by a newcomer to the field.

Sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call ho. Dawnbreaker and five picture books including last stop on market street and love. The bulletinsticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. The setting in this novel takes place in a newly built local rec center named the lincoln rec. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing at san diego state.

He has a passion for basketball and he sees it for his way out of his problems. He loves basketball and attended college on an athletic scholarship. Hes a white boy who always go to the rec center surrounded by black people who test him. Matt received his mfa in creative writing from san diego state university and his ba from the university of the pacific, where he. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Hes 6 3 tall, with a handsome chiseled and tan face and a few zig zag scars, and his home is the street.