Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is sticky. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. He suffers from obsessivecompulsive disorder, which embarrasses him, so he just cant help doing certain things over and over until they feel right. Earphones awards search our favorite listens with these award winners.
Ball dont lie is now in the process of being turned into a feature film. Ball dont lie faculty book excerpt gotham writers workshop. The ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows. Sticky is a young teenager trying to find his way and make sense of a world where he feels alone. Sep 27, 2005 ball don t lie has these to ball don t lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. In fact, youtube is filled with videos of wallace dropping ball dont lie during different stages of his professional career. 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 takes place where the street and the court meet and where a boy can be anything if he puts his mind to it. He critiques existing popular myths concerning the history of basketball, contextualizes them, and presents an alternative history of the sport inspired by innovations. 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 beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street and an outer shell so tough that no one will.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Iverson says ball dont lie, then asks for ball and scores duration. Mar 01, 2017 the ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows. Ball dont lie has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Your typical young adult book is going to generally have a set of young characters, some element of romance, and your stereotypical coming of age story where the main protagonist grows and develops as a character. The ball is, essentially, the unbiased judge who will not reward the player by going in if the apparent foul was. He has a passion for basketball, and he is so gooood. The prose moves with the rhythm of a bouncing basketball and those who don t mind mixing their sports. If a foul call is disputed by the one cast as the guilty party, then the ball will have final say over whether the call.
Ball dont lie king county library system overdrive. Full of theft and dunk, smooth jumpers and fragile egos. Before he retired, he left behind this exemplum of the phrases use. Ball don t lie is said when a player misses one, two or all three of his free throws after a questionable read as. Hes 6 3 tall, with a handsome chiseled and tan face and a few zig zag scars, and his home is the street.
He dont talk much, but lets his mad balling skills do the talking. Retired basketball player rasheed wallace was the worlds foremost proponent of ball dont lie as a way of life. The protagonist sticky is a boy from the slums of california who spent a large portion of his life in an orphanage. People say a skinny white dude cant ball, but sticky dont pay them no mind.
Dak, sera, and riq have fixed the great breaks in history but the sq isnt beaten yet, and the biggest, boldest infinity ring adventure of all time has just begun. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name. Delacort recently published gotham fiction teacher ball dont lie, the story of a teenager with a shuffledaround foster life who seeks the end of the rainbow playing basketball. Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed track series from national book award finalist jason reynolds. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Ball dont lie 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. 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. Dec 05, 2012 rasheed wallaces ball dont lie catchphrase suggests that the ball is the ultimate arbiter of oncourt justice, but recently those words have mostly meant punishment for him. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable.
Pagina ufficiale del torneo di basket ball dont lie latina. Readers will be strongly affected by the unforgettable, distinctly male. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook. Ball dont lie has these to ball dont lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. With ball dont lie, wallace keeps technicals flowing. A phrase commonly used by professional basketball player rasheed wallace. 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. A comingofage story about grief, guilt, and the risks a filipinoamerican teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousins murder. 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. The prose moves with the rhythm of a bouncing basketball and those who dont mind mixing their sports.
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