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An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. This is a sports fiction novel that tells a story more. The breakthrough modern sports novel the contender shows readers. The contender was an ala notable childrens book of 19401970 and the brave a 1992. Former sports journalist robert lipsyte makes the boxing scenes vivid and realistic, but he is equally successful at depicting life on the streets and alfreds inner struggle to find within himself the man he would like to be. The contender by robert lipsyte in epub, rtf, txt download ebook. They do not apply just to alfred or to boxing or to harlem. The contender ebook by robert lipsyte 9780061995873.
This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter robert lipsyte, the recipient of the margaret a. Alfred brookss life is going nowhere until he joins a renowned boxing club in harlem. He undergoes many changes, both physical and emotional, and grows significantly throughout the length of the text. In the novel, alfred brooks is a black 17yearold high school dropout living in harlem in the mid1960s.
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