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3.64. 4,573 ratings594 reviews. Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highschool dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and further into drug addiction.
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A coming-of-age novel about a black teenager who trains to be a boxer in Harlem in the 1960s. He faces challenges in the ring and in his personal life, and learns to be a contender in life as well as in boxing.
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.
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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Robert Lipsyte. The Contender Full Book Summary. Previous Next. The protagonist, Alfred Brooks is hanging out with his best friend, James, and James's friends Major and Hollis. The three of them want to break into the Epsteins' grocery store where Alfred works.
Jan 26, 2010 · 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...
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Feb 13, 2018 · A young boxer in Harlem struggles to overcome hardships and find hope in the ring. The Contender is a modern sports novel by Robert Lipsyte, a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction.
