Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by Priscilla, age 13 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte This book is about a young boy named Alfred Brooks. He lives in New York. His mom died when he was a really little boy. Alfred has this really good friend that they are like brothers his name is James. James and Alfred are always together until they meet some other guys that get them into trouble. When Alfred tells James, “Don’t worry about that, James, I got plenty of blood for you.” I thought it was very meaningful because it meant that Alfred will love James no matter what and will always be there for him. James is not really shower of how much he loves Alfred. James was influenced badly by other guys when it showed that it didn’t matter how long him and Alfred had been together he was more into other things. Aunt Pearl is Alfred’s aunt. She works very hard and is a woman with a lot of courage. The story takes place most of the time at their neighborhood and also at the gym. This story was about the time were people were still against African Americans were free, but couldn’t do many things. I really liked that the author has very good similes, and realistic details. I especially liked this book a lot because it showed me that am not the only person that has a hard life. I think people that like stories about always trying and never giving up would like this book because people that believe in this actually are interested but people that are not believers of this wouldn’t really be interested. 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 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 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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