The Contender

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I liked the book The Contender by Robert Lipsyte. It teaches you a lot about life. One thing it teaches you is that even if you grow up in a poor part of town and have hada not so good life, you can grow up to be anything you want to be, as long as ou try. One good way to do this is by starting a sport. Alfred Brooks, the main character, is growing up with his aunt and two cousins in a very poor city. He decides to start boxing so he can defend himself and do something with him life. It helped him a lot and got him a new and better life. He fought in a couple of matches, but then something bad happened-read the book to find out. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes boxing, it's very good.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: This book was okay. I think it revolved around other stuff than boxing. Like it revovled around Alfred's best friend jame's drug addiction. And that took a little focus off Alfred the main character of this story. Alfred in this story seemed like a reguluar guy to me. But it kept me excited to see if he would win or lose in his matches. The ending is really a surprize to me, I don't know if it will be for you, but take a good read at the book and find out. Overall I thaught the Contender was an average book with a few surprises in it. If your a boxing fan you would maybee want to pick it up.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: Alfred is a kid who is just anouther guy. His best friend James is floating away from him. James is now a drug addict and is hanging out with the punk kids. Alfred has nothing to do in his life besides work at a grocery shop. Alfred finally thinks he wants to do something with his life whenever he goes to Donnatelli's gym. Donnatelli is a wierd, short, and pug faced man who is one of the many people who help Alfred get to the top. Find out how alfred gets to the top and if he can get his best friend back by reading the Contender.

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Summary: Realistic and Suspenseful
Review: The Contender is a very realistic novel by Robert Lipsyte. The story is set in Harlem, New York, in the 1950's.
The main character is Alfred Brooks, an African-American high school dropout. Alfred has absolutely no direction in his life. Ever since being little, Alfred has wanted to be somebody, but he doesn't think he can.
Then, one night, Alfred goes up the stairs of a building which houses a local boxing club. He decides to begin training to become a boxer.
This book can be suspenseful at times. Especially if you are wondering, "What is Alfred going to do?"
If this book sounds good to you, I suggest you read it. It is full of suspense, friendship, and above all, a character who has found direction in his life.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I would not recomend this book to any young readers. It is full of racist comments and slang. Also it portrays Harlem as a extreamly bad city where murdering and robbing stores is a daily affair. Also African Americans are not all druggies, murderers and bums and or thugs. Harlem is not a top notch place to grow up but, the author didn't need to make it sound like an evil 666 place were daily Black Nationalists are held. To make the story better is to have Alfred have two brothers one of which would live and another to die... and his best friend is a talkin bluebarry pie.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I would recomend this book, I think this book is highly releastic and shows just how your life can change with one good or bad choise. This book focas on a teenager highschool drop-out, Alfred,who works at a grosey store, who is trusted and respected by the owner of the store. Then one night his best friend, James, decides to go with Major and rod the store, and James is the only one to get cuoght out of him, Major and his gang. This book shows that evan if you arn't the one macking a choice that it can still affect you, good or bad. That is why I recomed this book.

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Summary: The Contender 4 stars.
Review: The Contender, a book by Robert libsyte was an interesting book about courage and standing up for whats you believe in. Alfred is an alright role model for kids. He is really determined. He becomes a better person. He overcomes obstacles. Alfred worked really hard to be a boxer, but he stops , because
Mr. Donatelli tells him he doesn't have the "killer instinct". It made him upset that he didn't have keep trying. The story really made me sad.

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Summary: Contender - Climbing The Ladder of Life
Review: Alfred Brooks, a yound African-American in the dirty, filthy neighborhood of Harlem, New York. He works for a white man and his wife at a grocery store. He doesn't have much respect for himself, and needless to say for others. He is a high school dropout with a rather crummy life style. This is true until one day when he builds up the nerve to go to Donatelli's Gym to become a first class boxer. The owner, Mr. Donatelli, doesn't really want to train him at first. He had his doubts at first but then decided to train Alfred. I'm not going to spoil it for you, so if you're interested... GET THE BOOK.

I rated this four stars, because it has a first class story line even though a couple of parts of the book fall a bit flat. All in all, I think it's obvious that this is a must read.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I sorta liked the book, but it wasn't really what I'm into. I'm not really into boxers because you can easily get end up in thr hospital or maybe even dead. If I was him I would have not done it, it seems pretty stupid. It was very different then other books I've read. I sorta don't think people under the age of 13 should read it unless there interested in boxing. He had friends that cared for him. His best close friend was James, but the book was sorta interesting, but not to much.

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Review: I would reccomend that you read the book, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte, as a class project. This book is about a young man named Alfred, who taks up boxing because he wants revenge for being beaten up and he wants to become someone and live a better life. He was beaten up for forgetting to tell his best friend from childhood, James, about the alarm at the store that he works at. This accident put james in jail, and the police nearly caught gang members Major, Hollis, and Sonny. Alfred stared off slowly and painful, but graduatly got better. He started boxing others at the gym and then went to boxing others from other cities. Meanwhile, Major was pretending to be Alfred's friend and get him out of boxing, and in alot of trouble. Read this book to find out what happens whit Alfred;s boxing career and what happens between Alfred and James.