The Contender
Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender.Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highschool 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...
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Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender.Alfred Brooks is scared. He's a highschool 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 man -- that last desperate struggle to get back on your feet when you thought you were down for the count.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060239190 (0060239190)
Publish date: October 1st 1967
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 190
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
African American,
Coming Of Age,
Sports And Games,
Sports
Series: The Contender (#1)
A friend sent me home with this one and I am so glad it was a quick read. I'm not too interested in boxing, or fighting in general. The story felt very rushed and there was little room for character depth. Overall it was an uplifting and inspirational story about working hard to achieve your goals, ...
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