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. Its the only place that feels like home and where his skills give him some street cred. He has a passion for basketball, and he is so gooood. This is not the first book i read from this author, and i have to say im impressed by his writing. Ball dont lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky boucher. Matt received his mfa in creative writing from san diego state university and his ba from the university of the pacific, where he attended school. 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. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. 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. Sticky is a young teenager trying to find his way and make sense of a world where he feels alone. Matt s other books include ball don t lie, mexican whiteboy, we were here, and i will save you. Dawnbreaker and five picture books including last stop on market street and love.
The book takes place mostly at the local rec center which is also a homeless shelter. The characters are wonderfully written and the story is excellent. 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. Ball dont lie random house 2005 mexican whiteboy random house 2008 we were here random house 2009 i will save you.
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. Ball dont 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. The setting in this novel takes place in a newly built local rec center named the lincoln rec. He lives in brooklyn, new york, where he teaches creative writing. Ball dont lie, mexican whiteboy, we were here, i will save you, the living, and his most recent book, the hunted. The film premiered at the 2008 tribeca film festival. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name.
Hes 6 3 tall, with a handsome chiseled and tan face and a few zig zag scars, and his home is the street. Ball dont lie 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Delacorte press named a 2009 alayalsa best books for young adults top ten pick, and was. Ball 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. He has a passion for basketball and he sees it for his way out of his problems. It stars and1 mixtape team member grayson boucher, a. Retired basketball player rasheed wallace was the worlds foremost proponent of ball dont lie as a way of life.
With rosanna arquette, grayson boucher, ludacris, nick cannon. 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. Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. 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. Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is sticky. Its a dark tale about a basketball player, related in the third person about a teenager whose personal history couldnt be much worse. Matts other books include ball dont lie, mexican whiteboy, we were here, and i will save you. 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. Year title illustrator publisher note 2005 ball dont lie. Sticky has been to four different foster homesthe book is framed around these different place.
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