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The Contender review by SHC
The Contender
by Robert Lipsyte
Age Range - 12 and up
Genre - Fiction

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Age at time of review - 11
Reviewer's Location - Towson, Maryland, United States
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Alfred Brooks' life looks like it's falling apart, he's a high school dropout and has a grocery store job that is amouting to nothing.  His best friend is sinking deeper and deeper into drug addiction.  So Alfred decides to start to go to Donatelli's Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that has trained champions.  He starts to turn his life around. He learns there that it's the effort that makes the man, not the win.

Opinion: 

The Contender is a very good book with a message for all teens.  I enjoyed the story and characters.  This book is written at a 4th to 5th grade level and probably would appeal more to boys since it deals with boxing.  

Rating:
4
Content Rating:

Content rating - nothing offensive
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