Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by Junior , age 15 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte This book is an awesome book because it involves boxing something that a like. Well this book starts off as talking about a lazy Teenage boy about sixteen to seventeen years old. His name is Alfred Brooks and he finds out one day that he wants to become a boxer. Then after some training at the gym Mrs. Donatelli tells him he’s ready for his first fight. He wins his fights, about three them, then Mrs. Donatelli see a change in his boxing. He tells him its time to quit because of his way of getting beat up an not fighting back. He tells him if he can have his last fight so he can see if he still has it in him. He gets beat up but he knows that he still has it in him. He learns a lesson about how to be responsible and not to be lazy anymore. The quote I like is the one that Mrs. Donatelli tells him about being a contender. “About being a......a contender”. It means that he learn to work hard and concentrate to climb to be more mature. It’s like losing a fight to someone and inside of you it tells you that you still want it. Alfred Brooks = teenage boy who tries out boxing. Mrs. Donatelli = manager of Alfred Brooks. James = A friend of Alfred but his a drug addict. Henry = Alfred corner person in the ring. Local house hold neighborhood, a little junkie but not a lot. He made good decision about when he was with his bad friends. Gave six dollars to James when he needed more dope. Help James go to the hospital when he was hurt. His friends the Epistens didn’t trust him after some of his tried to break in their store. James was in with some bad people like drug dealers. I think that Alfred was going to quit when he hurt his ankle. I think that he was a brave little soldier. Mrs. Donatelli because he gave Alfred good advice about boxing 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 Jeanette, age 13 Alex, age 13 Jeanette, age 13 zack, age 14 Karla , age 14 Diana , age 14 Jeanette, age 13 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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