The contender
By: Robert Lipsyte.
Edition: 1st Harper Keypoint ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Boxing -- Juvenile fiction.; African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
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.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace