Summary Of Ball Don T Lie

The setting of the novel, Ball Don’t Lie, by Matt de la Pena, is set in Venice, California. Venice is near the large city of Los Angeles. The time period was around the 1990’s. This novel has a lot of sad feelings. First off Sticky’s mom died when he was a young boy, she died of cancer. After that all the way to the age of 17 he jumped from foster home to foster home. This character once said “‘ It’s the best place in L.A. to ball… one court houses the homeless and the other accommodates the fearless.”’ ( 4 ). That character’s name is Sticky. Sticky is a 17 year old boy from Venice, California that goes to highschool. Colleges say he has the potential for a full scholarship if he can keep his grades up in school but he has trouble with that. Sticky has lived in foster homes since he was 7 years old. The reason he has lived in foster homes is because his mother died of cancer when he was 7. Sticky has lived in 3 foster homes his whole life. He has overcame a lot of difficult things throughout this novel. The hardest thing for him was trying to overcome his …show more content…
He talks a lot about Sticky’s family issues, and also a lot about his mother dying. The authors main point in this novel is clearly about showing people how important family is. He also focuses a lot on trying to forget your past and make a bright future. “‘ But no matter who they are, or why they come, everyone squints their eyes when they step foot out of the dark gym and back into the bright world that waits outside.”’ ( 55 ). Sticky is a big supporter of his family. Sticky is always there for his family, and his family is there for him most of the time, but sometimes they get him in trouble. When his brothers got him in trouble with the law. He loves his family though and that’s what the author wants to show, he wants you to be a supporter of your family