Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. He played basketball in college at the university of the pacific where he studied psychology and english and tried to talk to as many pretty girls as he could. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name. Once you get past the basketball details if youre not a sports person, that is, you will find an amazing, interesting, and absorbing story of a boy who is working hard at the only chance hes got to beat the odds. The judge gave him a year in a group homesaid he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure.
When you are in a book slump, you need something exciting to really grab you and force you to plow through with the excitement and enthusiasm you are struggling to find in other books. Every sunday after church, cj and his grandma ride the bus across town. The bulletin sticky is a beataround the head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A number of you have a different opinion about book. 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 bulletinsticky is a beataround the head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. But today, cj wonders why they dont own a car like his friend. Ball dont lie wikipediaball dont lie is a 2008 film directed by brin hill. 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. Find books like ball dont lie from the worlds largest community of readers. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway. His dads mexican and his moms white, and he writes a lot about mixed race kids. The judge gave him a year in a group homesaid he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks.
I was reminded of him because of the most recent banned book week and i heard how his books are banned in arizona. Ball don t lie presents a story so unique both in the main character and in the form of narrative, that i found myself wishing for the book not to end. Books similar to ball dont lie goodreads share book. Sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call ho. The point of view of balls dont lie is a combination of omniscient narrator and firstperson monologue. Dawnbreaker and five picture books including last stop on market street and love. He lives in brooklyn, new york, where he teaches creative writing.
Bulletin of the center for childrens books, volume 59, number 2, october. Sometimes the tough teen is quietly writing stories npr. He has penned six critically acclaimed ya novels, including mexican whiteboy and the living, for which he received the pura belpre author honor award. Hes 6 3 tall, with a handsome chiseled and tan face and a few zig zag scars, and his home is the street. They play a lot of basketball in the book i dont like basketball very much, but i found the. We have read through and i am sure that i will going to read once again once again in the future. 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. This is not the first book i read from this author, and i have to say im impressed by his writing. Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio. 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 then received his mfa in creative writing from san diego state university. The setting in this novel takes place in a newly built local rec center named the lincoln rec. Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is sticky.