Ball Don't LieBy: Matt de la Pea Newbery Award winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Pea's Ball Don't Lie "is a must read." [The Bulletin] 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. Hes a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesnt seem to belong.