The Contender
by Robert Lipsyte
Taste attributes: teensportsdramarealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthunderdog triumphshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, stirring book, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
Before you can be a champion,you have to be a contender.Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a high school dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and further into drug addiction. Some street kids are after him for something he didn't even do. So Alfred begins going to Donatelli's Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that has trained champions.
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- Author
- Robert Lipsyte
- Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 175
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- Source
- Open Library
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