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Summary: The Contender
Review: I really enjoyed the book. It's very realistic about how you have to train to become a boxer. I didn't know how much strain and pain you have to go through to become a boxer. Here is a little synopsis of the book. There is this black boy named Alfred who wants to become a boxer. He goes to this gym owned by Mr. Donatelli a trainer for boxers. He tells Alfred what he has to do every morning and what it's going to take to become a boxer. He teaches Alfred what it takes to become a contender. That's why I gave the book four stars. You should get it and read it it's very good.
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Summary: Great
Review: I think the Contender is a good book, but I also didn't like some parts of it. I think that it didn't have enough action in it. I also think that it got boring in some chapters. The story is about Alfred who wanted to be a boxer. He goes to Donitelli's gym to train to be a boxer. While trying to become a boxer, he meets some new friends that are also trying to become boxers. He also gets beat up by Major and some of his other old friends. Overall I think this book was ok. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in it.
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Summary: the contender
Review: %The contender % By Robert Lipsytewas a book about boxing. I really didn't like the book too much because of its lack of details and its boring storyline. Alfred is highschool drop out who works at a small supermarket. One night he's friends plan to rob the supermarket. Alfred decides not to but he forgets to tell he's friends about the new alarm. The next day he's friends get caught and Alfred decides to learn boxing. He can't box till he goes through vigorous training and the ending you need to read yourself but it is`nt that great because it`s so short. So if you like boxing this is a book you might want to try.
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Summary: The contender
Review: THE CONTENDER I would recommend this novel because it is really good there is and it is somewhat short. In it there is this guy and his friend James and he breaks into this store and he gets caught and he goes to jail. Then the people that were with James found Alfred because they thought he told on them but he didn't then he ran into Donatelli gym and taught him to box. I liked this book I really think you might like it too.
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Summary: The Condtender
Review: THE CONTENDER I think that The Contender is a great book. The Contender is a book about a young black man named Alfred who wants to be a boxer. He goes to Donatelli's gym to train and get prepared to fight. At the gym, Alfred meets some new friends. His best friend's name is James. James gets mixed up with some trouble making kids, and he gets in trouble with the police. James then becomes a boxer. I think that anybody that likes boxing should read this book. You never know what's going to happen next. I would've never guessed what happens at the end.
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Summary: The Contender
Review: The Contender By Robert Lipsyte The book The Contender was one of the best books I ever read. I really liked how Alfred (the main character) never gave up on any of his goals. He would never quite or give up. When thing were not going his way, he never gave up. And during the whole book he cleaned himself up and got his act together. I also liked the book because Alfred was a boxer and that was the main reason I started the book. But as I read the book it was about more that boxing, it was about a man and his hard life and the choices he makes.
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Summary: The Contender
Review: The Contender is a very exciting book. It is about a young black man whose name is Alfred Brooks. He lives with his aunt and cousins because his parents died when he was real young. Alfred is beat up by some friends so he decides to start training to be a boxer. He starts working out at Donatelli's gym hoping his best friend James will join him. Alfred wants to get James out of trouble with drugs and the police. Alfred then ends up talking his cousin Jeff to start coming to the gym with him to see what it's like. If you like boxing, I recommend that you read this book.
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Summary: The Contender
Review: The book I read was "The Contender" by Roger Lipsyte. It was ok. It was a good book in the way that it showed the hardships of some African-Americans living in the ghetto. But, it was kind of hard to follow who all of the characters are. My favorite part of the book was when Alfred had his very first fight. It would have had to have been very hard going through all of that training and practicing, just to be a boxer. They had to go through a very hard schedule to get in shape and to become athletic. If you want to read a book about boxing, I would suggest this.
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Summary: The Contender
Review: THE CONTENDER The Contender was an interesting book. I would recommend this book to people who like to read about sports and people who do things to try and help other people out with their problems. Alfred Brooks was struggling and he quit High School. Then his friend James started doing drugs so Alfred knew he had to help him. So, Alfred stared to box even though he didn't like it. After awhile of being trained, Alfred was getting better at boxing and he started to enjoy it. Even though most of his friends and family members were trying to talk him out of it he never gave up.
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Summary: the contender
Review: THE CONTENDER I would recommend this book to anyone. It was a good book, especially for teenagers who are looking for something to do. The book is about a black kid who lives in the city with his aunt. He dropped out of school and has a job sweeping floors at a little grocery store. He doesn't get treated fairly because he is Black and his best friend is getting into drugs. So he goes to a local gym, He starts training, even though his aunt and friends think he is wasting his time, he doesn't care, he tries his hardest. After a while he starts to think he's wasting his time to. If you want to find out if he quits you'll have to read the book!
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