Ball Don't Lie
by Matt de la Peña
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
Year Published 2005
Word Count 69,844
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 102348, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Foster home care--Fiction
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder--Fiction
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction
- Race relations--Fiction
- Basketball--Fiction
- Basketball
- Foster home care
- Race relations
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Matt de la Peña
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