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The Contender

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4 out of 5
Based on 312 Ratings and 312 Reviews

Book Description
Albert Brooks is a high school dropout. His job in a small Harlem grocery store feels like a dead end. Friends are drifting into drug addiction and robbery. Each day Albert's options shrink a little more. His future is growing dimmer-until he walks into Donatelli's Gym. Standing before a short, stocky man with a hard face and knowing eyes, Albert dares to dream. He tells the veteran trainer that h... More
Book Information
PublisherRecorded Books
BindingAudio Cassette (32 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B000RDG3LU
Publication Date/1996
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About Robert Lipsyte (Author) : Robert Lipsyte is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Robert Lipsyte include Yellow Flag, Raiders Night.
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About Peter Francis James (Narrator) : Peter Francis James is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Peter Francis James include The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothin... more
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