Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by Cristal, age 14 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte The Contender is a book about a black young man by the name of Alfred Brooks. He is like an orphan because he doesn’t have a mom or a dad. He doesn’t have much of an education because he’s a high school drop-out. Now he’s sixteen and works for the Epsteins in a little store. He doesn’t do much so he wants to be someone. ‘’I know you are. You never been excited about anything in your life till today. But I wish it was something else.’’ This quote explains that Alfred hasn’t been excited of doing anything in his life before. He’s excited because he saw how they boxed and he wanted to do it too. Alfred is sixteen, skinny, black, not that confident of himself, and he’s scared. He lives in Harlem, New York in a dirty place, in the summer. The author used parallel episodes a lot those give you an idea of what things could be like if they went the same. Alfred is scared of major but he gains confidence of himself and stops being scared. I felt bad because Alfred has to go thru a lot of things and I can relate to loosing a parent. I would want people who are addicted to drugs to read it so they can see how James ends up and understand they have a problem. I would also like for people who feel low to read it and understand everybody’s a somebody. 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 Priscilla, age 13 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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