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The Contender

Name: The Contender
Author: Robert Lipsyte
ISBN: 9780330022804

Robert Lipsyte · 1996 · 155 pages

A 17-year-old Harlem boy struggles to become a champion boxer in this "excellent novel (recommended) for use in the early phases of secondary school literature study" ("Language Arts").

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Ken Olin
“Spent deep into last night reading “The Contender”, a new biography about Marlon Brando by @WilliamJMann. For anyone who was inspired by Brando, as I was as a young man, or is even curious about the legend, this is an incredibly well written, entertaining, & insightful book.”↗

recommended by 1 person

Ken Olin