The Contender

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Summary: The Contendor's Challenge
Review: The author was Robert Lipstye. The book Contendor was a very intresting book. It was about a man named Alfred. Alfred became very intrested in boxing. As he became more intrested in boxing he was trained and entered a tournament. Alfred waas a high school drop out the book talks about Alfred life in high school and he his as a drop out. I would recommend this book for middle school students because it has words and meanings that some people wouldn't understand.

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Summary: TKO of a story
Review: This story was very good. It was a story about a high school dropout named Alfred. It tells about his struggles through life and how he struggles to get through them. In this story Alfred meets up with a man named Donatelli. Donatelli decides to help Alfred with life, so he turns him to boxing. This book was very good. I liked it because it involed a sport and life and I can relate to both of them. If you like stories about boxing or boxing alone and stories about life and how to get through them by a sport, this book is the book for you.

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Summary: Rocky......a different story
Review: Alfred brooks is a high school drop-out and a grocery store attendent.His life does not seem to be on the right track. HIs best friend has been falling deeper and deeper into a drug addiction and is sinking in life fast than Alfred. A bunch of street kids are after him fro something he never did. So he begins going to Donatelli's Gym, A boxing club that has trained many champs before. here he learns that winning is not everything but it is that you must try to succed and that effort is the most important thing, and that is what makes a manthe last struggle to get back into the fight when the rest of the world is convinced you are knocked out.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I thought that the book was good, but it did not have enough action in it. For a boxing book it went slow and they strayed too much away from the topic. If you like boxing movies you would like the book.

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Summary: An Awesome Book to Read
Review: I think this book is great for guys. This book ws about a guys, who like boxing and fighting. This book can show students to stick up for themselves. This book was very detailed, many of the events that happened was very detailed as if you were there with them. This book was fun and exciting

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Summary: This book was awesome
Review: This book was great! Very exciting. This book would be great for kids AND teens. It teaches many lessons but the best was if you want something as bad as Alfred did you keep going for it! Always work hard and try for what you believe in.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: I thought this book was decent. It was not that exciting at the beginning, but at about the eight chapter it started to get interesting. Alfred alawys gets picked on buy this big guy named Major. He starts going to the gym and becomes a great boxer. If you liked the movie Rocky then I think this book would be good for you.

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Summary: The Contender
Review: The contender is a stupendus story about the struggles of a 17-year-old negro finding his way in the streets of Harlem facing drugs, racism, and violence. His best friend is struggling with drugs, while he has his own life to deal with. To escape all of the conflicts of life, he becomes a boxer and trains at a gym where he learns that to it's the effort, not the win, that makes the man. I reccomend this book for any kind of reader. It is full of action, drama, and a very unique storyline that will keep you reading for hours.

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Summary: Great Book!!
Review: I absolutly loved this book. One of the reasons i like this book so much is because it could really happen. Another thing is, it relates more to kids these days. The book is about a boy named Alfred. Alfred learns to deal with drugs early in the book. Then one day his friend asks him to help him rob the store that he works at. He said no, and his friend got caught. He felt really guilty about it so he joined a boxing club. He learnded how to box and became a contender in the ring. I seriously suggest reading this book. It's a more "down to earth" than other books that i have read.

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Summary: the contender
Review: I read the book The Contender by Robert Lipsyte. I think it is intresting with the exception of a lot of racism. However, without the discrimination, there would be no book, because there would be no conflict. I just do not like what happened in the book, because people fighting over their skin color is ridiculous. What interests me is that I like that it deals with real life situations. The author uses lots of imagery because every scene that he describes I could picture. I felt like I was there. The author expresses his feelings in way that makes you want to keep on reading and not put the book down. The book left an indelible mark on me because it is a true story. The main conflict in the story is that the blacks and whites did not get along. I recommend this book to someone who likes gangs and always wanted to know about gangs. The age group that should read this book should be around 14 and 15 years old.