Playing Without the Ball
Publisher
Random House's Children's Book
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780679886723
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Feeling abandoned by his parents, who have gone their separate ways and left him behind in a small Pennsylvania town, seventeen-year-old Jay finds hope for the future in a church-sponsored basketball team and a female friend.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; Legal guardianship; divorced parents; family friend raising teenager
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced parents
Keywords
family problems; basketball; friendship; senior year; high school; church; cooking; sports
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Wallace, Rich, "Playing Without the Ball" (2000). Diverse Families. 1203.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1203