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Matt de la Pena
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Dear Potential Reader:
This past Sunday I was playing ball in Brooklyn. A bunch of guys like me, older now, still trying to get to the rim or drain jumpers from the corner. At one point the ball rolled out of bounds and two dudes disagreed about who touched it last. Others joined in. Fingers were pointed. Things were said about people’s mothers. I stood back and watched the argument build and th... read more »
This past Sunday I was playing ball in Brooklyn. A bunch of guys like me, older now, still trying to get to the rim or drain jumpers from the corner. At one point the ball rolled out of bounds and two dudes disagreed about who touched it last. Others joined in. Fingers were pointed. Things were said about people’s mothers. I stood back and watched the argument build and th... read more »
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Mexican WhiteBoy
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We Were Here
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2009
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Ball Don't Lie
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2005
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I Will Save You
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2010
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A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
by Matt de la Pena (Goodreads Author) , Kadir Nelson 4.03 avg rating — 229 ratings
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2011
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Guys Read: Believing in Brooklyn
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Guys Read: Believing in Brooklyn
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The Living
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2013
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Infinity Ring: Book 4
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Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?
by Marissa Walsh , Daniel Pinkwater, Megan McCafferty (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 126 ratings
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2008
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“But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the main character. At least, that's the way I do it. It's actually not that bad. Even if it is mad nerdy.”
― Matt de la Pena, We Were Here
― Matt de la Pena, We Were Here
“People always think there's this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad. But there's not. There's nothing. There's not even a little anthill. You just take one baby step in any direction and you're already there. You've doing something awful. And your life is changed forever.”
― Matt de la Pena, We Were Here
― Matt de la Pena, We Were Here
“He'd give anything to be out there playing instead of standing here watching. Trying to maintain this smile out of respect. He digs into his wrists some more with his nails. Breaks previously broken skin and pulls away. A smear of blood he wipes away with his other hand, rubs off across his dark jeans. Back home his mom is always on him to stop digging, but that only makes him want to dig more."
-exerpt from "Mexican White Boy”
― Matt de la Pena
-exerpt from "Mexican White Boy”
― Matt de la Pena
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