Ball Don't Lie
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9780385734257
Pages
280 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
710L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Race & Culture; Health & Disability; Family member death; Foster care; Race discrimination; Mental illness; foster child; prejudice; obsessive-compulsive (OCD)
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White / Caucasian
Keywords
basketball; foster care; death; teenager; OCD
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
De La Pena, Matt, "Ball Don't Lie" (2005). Diverse Families. 2241.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2241