Contender, The by Lipsyte, Robert Reviewed by Elizabeth, age 0 “The Contender” The contender is a book about a black guy named Alfred. Alfred has a best friend named James. James hangs out with the wrong people and decides to break into a location called Epstein’s. Furtionally Alfred doesn’t go with them but he forgot to tell James about the new burglar alarm at Epstein’s. “Remember what you said that night about being a contender? You weren’t just talking about boxing.” I think this is a very good quote because Alfred now understands that being a contender isn’t just about boxing is about believing in your self and being brave .This has to do with the story because it talks about being a contender. Alfred is the main character in the story. He is the type of person that wants to be something in life and his also tired of people telling him what to do. Alfred doesn’t like people bossing him around and wants to have a goal in life. The story takes place in New York in the 1960’s. The author Mc Dougal Little gave good descriptions in this book. One of the good description was when Alfred was boxing against Elston Hubbard the way he was describing the fight in the way he described the punches. An example: “concrete gloves hammered into his stomach.” Another example: when James said “weak as a baby lost all that blood blood.” Alfred said “don’t worry about that, I got plenty of blood for you” which he ment that he has his back. The theme of the story is about Alfred trying to be a contender and trying to have goal in life. My feelings towards this book would be being proud of Alfred because he reached his goal. 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 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 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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