Robert Lipsyte
Author
Series
Contender volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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.
2) The brave
Author
Series
Contender volume Bk. 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Having left the Indian reservation for the streets of New York, seventeen-year-old boxer Sonny Bear tries to harness his inner rage by training with Alfred Brooks, who has left the sport to become a policeman.
3) The chief
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995, c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
On the verge of having a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship, nineteen-year-old Sonny Bear finds himself with conflicting loyalties when trouble erupts on his reservation over the construction of a new gambling casino. Sequel to "The Brave.".
7) Yellow flag
Author
Pub. Date
c 2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When seventeen year old Kyle reluctantly succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family race car, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet playing while deciding how- or if - he can continue making music with a brass quintet and headline as a NASCAR racer. When seventeen-year-old Kyle reluctantly succumbs to family pressure and replaces his injured brother in the family racecar, he struggles to keep up with his trumpet...
8) Center field
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to follow his idol into the major leagues one day, but he is distracted by a new player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home, and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school.
10) The twin powers
Author
Series
Twinning powers volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Identical twins and mirror opposites Tom and Eddie share a "road trip" between planets and risk everything to save their father from the alien scientists.