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A review by amyappy
Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Peña
4.0
For ENG 540.
Tough and honest and yet beautifully written, this book about a foster kid named Sticky with an extraordinary talent for basketball reads almost like poetry. De la Pena writes about basketball like a person who loves the game, in the gym and on the street, and fills his novel with the kinds of characters you can easily imagine playing pickup games on any LA court. Los Angeles itself is a living, breathing entity in this novel, both the beautiful and the ugly, and at times I simultaneously wished I was there and was glad that I wasn't.
Tough and honest and yet beautifully written, this book about a foster kid named Sticky with an extraordinary talent for basketball reads almost like poetry. De la Pena writes about basketball like a person who loves the game, in the gym and on the street, and fills his novel with the kinds of characters you can easily imagine playing pickup games on any LA court. Los Angeles itself is a living, breathing entity in this novel, both the beautiful and the ugly, and at times I simultaneously wished I was there and was glad that I wasn't.