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   The Contender is the story of Alfred Brooks, a 17-year-old African-American high school dropout who is torn between the street life of his Harlem neighborhood, and his dreams of becoming a champion boxer. He lives with his aunt pearl and her 3 daughters.

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3. www.amazon.com › Contender-Robert-Lipsyte › dpAmazon.com: The Contender: 9780064470391: Lipsyte, Robert: Books

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   Feb 13, 2018 · 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 ...

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   • Author: Robert Lipsyte

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   The book's plot centers on a black seventeen-year-old man named Alfred Brooks, a high school dropout living with Aunt Pearl and her three daughters in Harlem, New York City. He begins training at a boxing club as an alternative to drugs and gang membership.

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   • "The Contender" by Robert Lyipsyte is a story about a young man named Alfred. Who was taken in by his aunt when he was young because of his drug-addicted parents? When I look at the book title it sounds me like struggling before being a winner. As I go through inner part of the book it gets more interesting.

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   Is 'contender' a good book?

   • I want to recommend that book “contender” is really an interesting book to read; and, it is good to study for those people who are trying to do a boxer. This book is good for those people who are young and want to be contender because in this book Alfred was only six tin year old when he get dropout of high school.

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   Who is Alfred Brooks in 'the contender' by Robert Lipsyte?

   • The Contender is the debut novel by American author and sports journalist Robert Lipsyte. It was published in 1967. The book's plot centers on a black seventeen-year-old man named Alfred Brooks, a high school dropout living with Aunt Pearl and her three daughters in Harlem, New York City.

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   Who is Alfred Brooks in 'the contender'?

   • Also, they are both boxers and have families that do not approve of boxing for the most part. The Contender is the story of Alfred Brooks, a 17-year-old African-American high school dropout who is torn between the street life of his Harlem neighborhood, and his dreams of becoming a champion boxer. He lives with his aunt pearl and her 3 daughters.

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6. www.barnesandnoble.com › w › the-contender-robertThe Contender by Robert Lipsyte, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

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   Feb 13, 2018 · 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.

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   Jan 26, 2010 · 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...

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   • ISBN: 0061995878, 9780061995873

   • Author: Robert Lipsyte
   • Publisher: Harper Collins, 2010

8. www.harpercollins.com › products › the-contenderThe Contender – HarperCollins

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   Feb 13, 2018 · 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.

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   Jan 26, 2010 · The breakthrough modern sports novel The Contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero.<br /><br />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…