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The Contender

paperback – January 1, 1992
by robert-lipsyte
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ISBN-13: 9780440847410 ISBN-10: 0440847419
Publisher
The Trumpet Club; A Trumpet Club Special edition (January 1, 1992)
Binding
paperback
Published
January 1, 1992
Weight
0.2 lbs
Dimensions
0.00×0.00×0.00 cm

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The Contender by robert-lipsyte. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780440847410.

Alfred Brooks is scared. Hes a high school dropout and his grocery store job is leading nowhere. His best friend is sinking further and further into drug addiction. Some street kids are after him for something he didnt even do. So Alfred begins going to Donatellis Gym, a boxing club in Harlem thats trained champions. There he learns its the effort, not the win, that makes the man, that last desperate struggle to get back on your feet when you thought you were down for the count.