Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by Jeanette, age 13 The Contender There is a boy named Alfred and he is 16 yrs old. He lives in a bad neighborhood. He has a best friend named James. He started hanging around with the wrong people. One day James and his friends tried to brake in the store Alfred works at. Then they caught James and he went to jail. Then one day Alfred went to the gym and he wanted to be a boxer. He won his two fights and he has become a contender. He lost his fight but he showed Mr.Donatelli that he could do it. Then when he got home his aunt said that the police had come by because of James so he ran out and his aunt was about to say something to him but he was already gone. He had gone to the park to find James because every time they would get into trouble they would go to the park. My favorite quote was “Hubbard him like iron pipes”. It is related because at the end of the book Alfred was fighting and he got hit and that’s how it felt like. Alfred is the main character. He dropped out of school and he has a job at a store. He has a best friend and his name is James. The story takes place in two places. The first one is at his ghetto neighborhood and the second one is at the gym. The author made it interesting at the end because James and Alfred became friends. The conflict was when Major and James broke into the store that Alfred works at. Alfred forgot to the alarm and Major beat him up. That’s why he wanted boxing lesson. I thought it was sad, interesting, and happy. Someone who would like this book would be amazed. Well if they liked to box then they would know how to bow better. 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 Halleigh, 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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