The Contender (Paperback)

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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

About the Author


Robert Lipsyte is the author of many acclaimed novels for young adults, including his groundbreaking book The Contender, and is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his lifetime contribution in that genre. 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.

Praise For…


“A novel filled with hardships and hope.” — ALA Booklist

Product Details
ISBN: 9780064470391
ISBN-10: 0064470393
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: February 13th, 2018
Pages: 240
Language: English