The Contender by Robert Lipsyte Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Contender
Book Review: A Must Read !!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
The Contender is a wonderful book for all ages. This is the magnificant story of young man named Alfred and struggle to become a boxer. This book teaches us how important it is to work hard and focus, so that we can achieve our goals in life. Alfred is growing up and is struggling to find his own identity. Robert Lipsyte teaches us about what life is like in HArlem, durning the 1960s. This is one book that youn definitaly can NOT miss out on.Book Review: A WILD RIDE!
Summary: 4 Stars
The book "The Contender" is a very action book. It's about a boy named alfred who is intrested in boxing. He has a friend who helps him train. Meanwhile he's praticing friends of his start doing drugs. Then he quits boxing. After awhile he starts thinking about it again. He starts boxing and making money his boxing skill is now a carrer.Book Review: A book that you can not put down.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte is an amazing book. The story involves a teenager named Alfred Brooks who is having a tough time in his life. His friend is addicted to drugs, he is a high school dropout, and he has a dead-end grocery store job. So, he decides to enter the world of boxing. He makes friends, learns great lessons, and makes his life a little better. The book is fantastically written and the character study is outstanding. The way Lipsyte develops Alfred is writing at its best(at least for me I'm only twelve). If you ever see this book in the library, bookstore or at school, check it out or buy it right away. I loved it and i think anyone else will.Book Review: A good book
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is very good but the beginning and end is not that good. Once you get into it, people like it. That's probably why people cannot get into the book because the beginning is not very good. It is bad enough the start is bad, the end is horrible. They just cut off. It is talking about how Alfred will help James and then it ends. There is no outcome or anything. The middle part of the story is very good. It is about how Alfred is succeeding in his life. This story is in the time period of the 70's.Book Review: A gripping story about a boy who learns to be a contender
Summary: 4 Stars
This book shows the more serious side of life, and dramatically portrays how a young man overcomes many hardships--really how he trains his mind to think like a "real man" would. The story is written with a style that reveals how the young man thinks, as well as what his personality is like. It really touched my heart and left a deep impression there.