Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by jacquez, age 14 The Contender by Robert Lipsyte I think that kids should read this book because, it teaches respect an to never give up when things get tuff. In this story a boy named Alfred is living a regular life, he works for a drug store, and he lives his ant who keeps all of them in a two bedroom house with his cousins. It’s not a fancy place or anything it is really not clean. There are junkies on street corners, trash on the ground and very big people. He likes boxing so he go to this gym talks to an old man tales him what to do and when to do every thing to. Know it is a month later and he is fighting in a match with a man. Mr. donateli told Alfred ‘you will know when you are a contender when you get hurt’. The main character in the story as you know is Alfred he is African American who lives in Harlem with his kin. Ant pearl is the one who takes care of all them. James was Alfred’s best friend until James got hooked on drugs and he is also African American. Finally there is major he is the most known person in the group that steals. I like this story because it takes place in a poor black community and no one really cares just looking for advancement. The author made me wonder about what would happen next in the book. I thought it was not good for Alfred’s family to be kind of poor in the story. I think teens would like this book because it teaches you to never quit before you try. 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 Cristal, age 14 Hector, age 13 Shy, age 13 Andy, age 13 Beatriz, age 14 Tyler, age 14 Cameron, age 14 rodrick, 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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