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The Contender: The Acclaimed YA Novel About an African American Teen's Journey from Scared Dropout to Boxing Champion - Couverture souple

Lipsyte, Robert

 
9780064470391: The Contender: The Acclaimed YA Novel About an African American Teen's Journey from Scared Dropout to Boxing Champion
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0064470393 ISBN 13 : 9780064470391
Editeur : HarperCollins, 1987

Synopsis

The breakthrough modern sports novel The Contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero.

This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction, is the story of a young boxer in Harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ring on his path to becoming a contender.

Alfred Brooks is scared. He’s 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 didn’t even do.

So Alfred begins going to Donatelli’s Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that has trained champions. There he learns it’s the effort, not the win, that makes the boxer—that before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender.

ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Lipsyte is the author of twelve acclaimed novels for young adults and is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his lifetime contribution to the genre. His debut YA novel, The Contender, has sold more than one million copies. He was an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Times and the Emmy-winning host of the nightly public affairs show The Eleventh Hour. He lives on Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, Lois, and his dog, Apollo.

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Éditeur
HarperCollins
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0064470393
ISBN 13 
9780064470391
Reliure
Poche
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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