About this title: Seventeen-year-old Alfred Brooks is tired of running from the gangs in his native Harlem. His salvation is the gym that he accidentally discovers, where he realizes his talents as a boxer, and gets on the road to becoming a professional.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780333100080ISBN:0333100085
Description: Good. Ex-Library. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Not Available, Not Available
Date Published: 0000
Description: Good in Good jacket. See Notes. Gently used paperback. ** PLEASE READ: This book is: LIPSYTE, ROBERT: THE CONTENDER This is the book you will receive if you order this item. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HARPER & ROW
Date Published: 1967
Description: Published by HARPER & ROW in 1967. Hardback with Dust jacket. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No dust jacket. 182 p. 22 cm. Audience: Children/juvenile. the gut-wrenching story of life in the black ghetto. the award winning novel by robert lipsyte read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: MACMILLAN
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780333100080ISBN:0333100085
Description: Ex-Library Paperback. USED, BUT IN GOOD CONDITION. 1973 reprint, wear to edges, cover creased, spine faded. Ex-library. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. Protective tape on spineClean book with minor bends in spine from light reading and bookstore stamp inside cover. Quick response! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. Stamp on page edges, protective tape on spineClean book with minor bends in spine from light reading and bookstore stamp inside cover. Quick response! read more
Description: Very Good. 0553146904 Paperback. Binding in excellent condition. Cover/Title in very good condition. Pages are tanned. Thanks for your business! read more
"I liked this book a lot. I think the author gave us reality of meny people! the part when he fights is realy good but i think the trainer acts very wiard! his life is very harsh and i cant imagine living without my parents! it is a realy good book that keeps you into it ... i gave this book 3 stars because it was good but if a compare it i have readed better ones.. but it was good!"
"Reading this for my Young Adult Resources class. It takes place in the 1960s, in the "hood" and follows the identity crisis of a teen who can't decide how he feels about the political, racial and social turmoils surrounding the civil rights movement.
I didn't like it all that much. I felt the emotional turmoil of the kid was well written and pretty accurate. However, the writing style itself was irritating and repetitive. Obviously the author tried to recreate how jumpy and disjointed time can seem in the midst of a boxing match by using paragraphs full of short, one word sentences. I found it bothersome but effective. Perhaps it was the subject matter. I've always hated boxing."
"In one sense, this is a typical sports story--young, underprivileged kid finds a sport and works hard to overcome the obstacles and become a success. In this case, Alfred Brooks, a high school dropout living in Harlem in the mid 1960s finds himself trying to succeed as a boxer. But Mr. Lipsyte has done a good job of it, adding some depth to the plot and setting. I was impressed how he was able to create mental pictures of New York and the small time boxing world of the era. It might be simply that over the years I've picked up those images from a variety of films and television programs, and the writing merely touched the right buttons to bring those images to mind. Or maybe his writing is indeed that good. Either way, I enjoyed it. As for the plot, well, I won't say anything more, lest I spoil something. Check it out for yourself and find out what happens."
"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. There he learns it's the effort, not the win, that makes the man - that last desperate struggle to get back on your feet when you thought you were down for the count."
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