Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by Halleigh, age 13 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte The contender is a book about this boy named Alfred brooks. He has a friend named James they both dropped out of school. Alfred lives in what you can call the ghetto. James started hanging out with the wrong people and one day James and his new friends decided they wanted to break in the store Alfred worked at. Alfred forgot they had put burglary alarm in and James got caught. So James new friends decided that they would stop by Alfred’s house so they got into a big fight. That same night Alfred went to the gym because he wanted to become a boxer. He had walked in and he saw a short guy named Mr. Donatelli Well Alfred made a few new friends Jelly, Spoon, and Henry. Alfred had his first 2 fights and drew one and lost one. Then one day Mr. Donatelli said to Alfred this could be your last fight you need to retire so Alfred showed Mr. Donatelli on his last fight he fought this big guy who knocked out this guy in 1 minute. Alfred didn’t win but he stayed in the ring for along time Mr. Donatelli was really proud of him. When he got home is aunt said the cops came to his house and he said why because they are looking for James he broke into the store Alfred works at and the way out he broke threw the window and cut his self really bad but before she could say his name he took off running to the park under this rock Alfred And James use to hang out at and he went under it there was James he was under there bleeding really bad. At the end is the best part because James and Alfred became friends again. My favorite saying from the book is when Alfred is at his last fight and he says he was punching him it felt like iron poles hitting him in the stomach. The story takes place in Harlem new York. I think the book is very interesting it is scary, and funny. If you like books that are funny and scary but that is very interesting you would like this book. Other reviews of this book were also done by: Rusty, age 14 Ariel , age 14 Tess, age 14 Alisha, age 14 Peter , age 13 Jamiel, age 14 Peter , age 13 Jeanette, age 13 Alex, age 13 Jeanette, age 13 zack, age 14 Karla , age 14 Diana , age 14 Jeanette, age 13 Junior , age 15 Vanessa, age 15 Zack, age 14 amber, age 14 Perla, age 13 Caitlyn, age 13 Jesus, age 14 Joey, age 14 Jennifer, age 14 Joey, age 14 Jesus, age 14 chris, age 14 Priscilla, age 13 Cristal, age 14 Hector, age 13 Shy, age 13 Andy, age 13 Beatriz, age 14 Tyler, age 14 Cameron, age 14 rodrick, age 14 jacquez, age 14 Anaise, age 14 Ashley, age 13 Delvon, age 14 randy, age 15 Armando, age 13 Angel, age 14 zack, age 15 cristian, age 13 ivy, age 13 Ivan, age 14 TOMAS, age 13 Gaby, age 14 Laura, age 13 luis, age 14 Jonathan , age 13 Hannah, age 14 Lucero, age 14 Haley , age 13 tabitha , age 14 Briana, age 14 christopher, age 14 Bobbie, age 14 oscar , age 59 jose, age 14 Daniel , age 14 Gabriel, age 14 juan, age 14 Carolina, age 14 Chris, age 14 Heather, age 14 jake, age 14 Brea, age 13 Dustin, age 13 Jessica, age 13 mary, age 14 Dustin, age 0 Jessica, age 0 Edwin, age 0 Christian, age 0 Samuel, age 0 Curtis, age 0 Elizabeth, age 0 Christian, age 14 Ashleigh, age 14 curtis, age 15 Elizabeth, age 14 Efrain, age 14 Carlos , age 14 Samuel, age 14 Kaley, age 13 Whitney, age 15 Kaley, age 14

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