N e y en best book for young adults election s of election. Stephen jackson talks losing respect for tony parker, lebron and kyries health the herd. Next week, well talk about tying the lie into the plot by figuring out the thing your character wants vs. Ball don t lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky, a skinny 17yearold high school junior and basketball prodigy from venice, california. Rasheed wallace keeps technicals flowing with ball dont lie. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream american popular culture. Pagina ufficiale del torneo di basket ball dont lie latina. Sticky has been to four different foster homesthe book is framed around these different place. Ball dont lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky, a skinny 17yearold high school junior and basketball prodigy from venice, california. Ball dont lie is said when a player misses one, two or all three of his free throws after a questionable read as. As a prereading activity, teach a lesson on figurative language and use synectic boxes to learn about similes. Ball dont 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. As liars in literature go, its hard to beat baron munchausen, who seems to have been a real person known to exaggerate his own centrality to events, but whose tendency in that direction was amplified to the point of obvious and amusing absurdity by another writer, anonymous, then another, raspe, a german, whose english edition of 1785 seems the basis of what was later through the 19th. The ball is, essentially, the unbiased judge who will not reward the player by going in if the apparent foul was.
His second novel, mexican whiteboy, was an alayalsa top ten best book for young adults, a 2009 notable book for a global. Myth, genealogy, and invention in the cultures of basketball sporting. 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. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing. Sticky is poor and has no place to call home but the streets.
A phrase commonly used by professional basketball player rasheed wallace. 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. Jan 29, 2015 characters knowing things other characters dont know. Ball don t lie is full of powerful imagery, metaphors, and similes. Kakarots super dlc releases this monday, the 27th, so fans dont have long to wait to find out. You could write a phd thesis on it, but that sounds like a lot of work. Now seventeen, sticky bounces from one foster home to another as repeatedly as. Ball dont lie has these to ball dont lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. The protagonist sticky is a boy from the slums of california who spent a large portion of his life in an orphanage. In ball dont lie, seventeenyearold sticky has been in and out of foster homes all of his life. I think your main characters need their own spiritual journey.
In a lie of the mind, sally is one of the more minor characters albeit still a quite important one. Matt played college bball and he knows how to write, as well, with gillian engberg of booklist saying. Sticky is a character that is incredibly likeable and so imperfectly awesome that i wish i knew him in real life. 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 university. 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. Ball dont lie is a 2008 film directed by brin hill.
Readers will be strongly affected by the unforgettable, distinctly male. Pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth ball dont lie. In fact, the 3rd character is getting her own book. The lie your character believes is the foundation for his character arc. The only thing that could be his ticket out is basketball. Hes 6 3 tall, with a handsome chiseled and tan face and a few zig zag scars, and his home is the street. 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. Dec 02, 2012 rasheed wallace gets called for a technical foul after fouling luis scola, and earns yet another and the ejection after shouting ball don t lie. 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. Sticky is a young teenager trying to find his way and make sense of a world where he feels alone. He is an outsider, people think he doesnt belong because he is white.
His debut novel, ball dont lie, was an alayalsa best book for young adults and an alayalsa quick pick and was made into a major motion picture. 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. Full of theft and dunk, smooth jumpers and fragile egos. How a dark gym like lincoln rec is a different world. 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 dont lie. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. Ball dont lie is now in the process of being turned into a feature film. With rosanna arquette, grayson boucher, ludacris, nick cannon. Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for your feedback. Sticky travis reichard, the main character, is a seventeenyear old white kid from a troubled background who s. Its the only place that feels like home and where his skills give him some street cred. With ball dont lie, wallace keeps technicals flowing.
Once you know whats wrong, you then get to set about figuring out how to make it right. The only difference is sticky never had a place to call his own, and living with different foster parents every year had no benefit. Place students in groups and use the following chart with basketball terms, everyday items, or items of interest to the students. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name. It stars and1 mixtape team member grayson boucher, a. He suffers from obsessivecompulsive disorder, which embarrasses him, so he just cant help doing certain things over and over until they feel right. Amy, you also asked about the secondary characters and their lie. Though travis reichard is the protagonists given name, his moniker is sticky.
In fact, youtube is filled with videos of wallace dropping ball dont lie during different stages of his professional career. Sep 27, 2005 ball dont lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. 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. Ball don t lie is said when a player misses one, two or all three of his free throws after a questionable read as. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name, travis reichard, is rarely used. The book takes place mostly at the local rec center which is also a homeless shelter. The reader knowing things that the characters dont know. 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.
He has a passion for basketball, and he is so gooood. His second novel, mexican whiteboy, was an alayalsa top ten best book for young adults, a 2009 notable book for a global society, a junior library guild selection, and a selction for the 2008. Mathis brigitte mueller michael roiff jeffrey smith. The first major villain of the series, a vain, tyrannical ruler who steals the heroes spaceship when it crash lands on his planet. The film premiered at the 2008 tribeca film festival. Apr 01, 2016 pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth ball dont lie. May 08, 2012 amy, you also asked about the secondary characters and their lie. Shuffled from one foster home to another after his mothers suicide, stick fits with the rough camaraderie of the other hoopsters, even if some are homeless. The ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows. Ball don t lie is a book about a seventeen year old boy named sticky.
I found the dialogue and language authentic and adored the characters. Rasheed wallace gets called for a technical foul after fouling luis scola, and earns yet another and the ejection after shouting ball dont lie. With romance, basketball, violence, drama, and humor, this book should find universal appeal. In fact, in katie gansherts debut book, wildflowers from winter, she has 3 characters who have a strong spiritual journey. Before he retired, he left behind this exemplum of the phrases use. Mar 01, 2017 the ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows. Shuffled from one foster home to another after his mothers suicide, stick fits with the rough camaraderie of the other hoopsters, even if some are. 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. Use ball dont lie to examine develop different voices in a writing unit. 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.
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