Ball Boy
Summary
Gray Taylor is a 14-year-old who moves from Los Angeles to the small, dying Kansas town of Beaudelaire with his mother. There he discovers basketball and uses it to become someone people notice, eventually working to save Beaudelaire from itself.
At a Glance
💬LanguageNone
⚔️ViolenceNone
💋Romance & SexNone
🍷Drugs & AlcoholNone
📋Other ContentNone
Language
💬 Does Ball Boy have profanity or strong language?
ProfanityNone
Blasphemy / Religious ProfanityNone
Crude / Childish LanguageNone
Racial / Ethnic SlursNone
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| sh*t | |
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| b*st*rd | |
| b*tch | |
| bl**dy | |
| bug**r | |
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| h*ll | |
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Violence
⚔️ Is Ball Boy violent or scary?
Graphic Violence / GoreNone
Disturbing / FrighteningNone
Vulgar / Obscene GesturesNone
Bullying / Verbal CrueltyNone
Romance & Sex
💋 Romance and sexual content in Ball Boy
Explicit Sexual ContentNone
Sexually SuggestiveNone
Kissing (Light / Peck)None
Kissing (Passionate)None
Heterosexual RomanceNone
Homosexual RomanceNone
Drugs & Alcohol
🍷 Drugs and alcohol in Ball Boy
Illegal Drug UseNone
Legal Alcohol UseNone
Implied / Referenced UseNone
Other Content
📋 Other content in Ball Boy
Medical / Body ProcessesNone
Heavy Emotional ThemesNone
Deception / LyingNone
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