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Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña's Ball Don't Lie is a must-read. [The Bulletin]

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. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong.

But Sticky can ball. And basketball might just be his ticket out . . . if he can only realize that he doesn’t have to be the person everyone else expects him to be.

Matt de la Peña's breakout urban masterpiece, Ball Don’t Lie takes place where the street and the court meet and where a boy can be anything if he puts his mind to it.

★ [An] inspiring story. Sticky is a true original, and de la Peña has skillfully brought h

Ball Dont Lie

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    A Paperback / softback by Matt de la Peña

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      Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell
      Published 13 March 2007
      ISBN-13 9780385734257
      978-0385734257
      ISBN-10 0385734255

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña's Ball Don't Lie is a must-read. [The Bulletin]

      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. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong.

      But Sticky can ball. And basketball might just be his ticket out . . . if he can only realize that he doesn’t have to be the person everyone else expects him to be.

      Matt de la Peña's breakout urban masterpiece, Ball Don’t Lie takes place where the street and the court meet and where a boy can be anything if he puts his mind to it.

      ★ [An] inspiring story. Sticky is a true original, and de la Peña has skillfully brought h

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