{"product_id":"the-contender-9780064470391","title":"The Contender","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Lipsyte\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you can be a champion, \u003cbr\u003eyou have to be a contender.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfred Brooks is scared. He's a highschool 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 man -- that last desperate struggle to get back on your feet when you thought you were down for the count.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45153158070423,"sku":"9780064470391","price":646.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780064470391.webp?v=1769207111","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-contender-9780064470391","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}