A 17-year-old Harlem boy struggles to become a champion boxer in this excellent novel (recommended) for use in the early phases of secondary school literature study (Language Arts).
ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children\'s Book * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.
There he learns it\'s the effort, not the win, that makes the boxer--that before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender.
So Alfred begins going to Donatelli\'s Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that has trained champions.
Some street kids are after him for something he didn\'t even do.
His best friend is sinking further and further into drug addiction.
He\'s a high-school dropout, and his grocery store job is leading nowhere.
Alfred Brooks is scared.
Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction, is the story of a young boxer in Harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ring on his path to becoming a contender.
This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, the recipient of the Margaret A.
The breakthrough modern sports novel The Contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero.
A 17-year-old Harlem boy struggles to become a champion boxer in this excellent novel (recommended) for use in the early phases of secondary school literature study (Language Arts)
