The Contender

The Contender
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 111
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ISBN-10 : 9780061995873
ISBN-13 : 0061995878
Rating : 4/5 (878 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Contender by : Robert Lipsyte

Download or read book The Contender written by Robert Lipsyte and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breakthrough modern sports novel The Contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero. This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction, is the story of a young boxer in Harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ring on his path to becoming a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He’s a high-school dropout, and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and further into drug addiction. Some street kids are after him for something he didn’t even do. So Alfred begins going to Donatelli’s Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that has trained champions. There he learns it’s the effort, not the win, that makes the boxer—that before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age


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