The contender
By: Robert Lipsyte
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Description: A Harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym, where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work, but that you don't know anything until you try.