Ball Don T Lie Sticky

In this series the players take you behind the scene to their practices and life s all over the us.

Ball don t lie sticky. Ball up is not your typical professional basketball team. They show what it takes to be one of the top street ball teams in the nation. 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. Ball don t lie sticky is a beat around 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.

Ball don t lie by matt de la pena is about a teenager named sticky who jumps from foster home to foster home. He s a white boy who always go to the rec center surrounded by black people who test him. Sticky travis reichard the main character is a seventeen year old white kid from a troubled background who s. He s 6 3 tall with a.

Though travis reichard is the protagonist s given name his moniker is sticky. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. In your average book you will have some vague form of a progression of events that will lead up to some form of a conclusion. Matt de la peña s debut novel ball don t lie is a feel good read told in the third person.

Ball don t lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky boucher a skinny high school sophomore and basketball prodigy from venice california. He has a passion for basketball and he sees it for his way out of his problems. This study guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries quotes character analysis themes and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of ball don t lie. Published in 2005 ball don t lie is the first of four young adult novels by matt de la peña.