Author: Michael Cart
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
School. Included are a preface, a chronology, notes and references, a selected bibliography, an appendix listing Lipsyte's awards and honors, and an index.
Presenting Robert Lipsyte
Author: Michael Cart
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
School. Included are a preface, a chronology, notes and references, a selected bibliography, an appendix listing Lipsyte's awards and honors, and an index.
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
School. Included are a preface, a chronology, notes and references, a selected bibliography, an appendix listing Lipsyte's awards and honors, and an index.
The Contender
Author: Robert Lipsyte
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061995878
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The breakthrough modern sports novel The Contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero. This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction, is the story of a young boxer in Harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ring on his path to becoming a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He’s a high-school 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 boxer—that before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061995878
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
The breakthrough modern sports novel The Contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero. This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction, is the story of a young boxer in Harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ring on his path to becoming a contender. Alfred Brooks is scared. He’s a high-school 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 boxer—that before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender. ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
The Twinning Project
Author: Robert Lipsyte
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547867573
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Tom is a smart, talented loner with a chip on his shoulder and a big secret: an imaginary twin on another planet. Eddie is Tom's opposite, a friendly, athletic kid who always looks on the good side. Tom worries sometimes: does confiding in Eddie mean he's nuts? The truth is even crazier than that. Eddie and his planet are just as real as Tom and his Earth, but fifty-some years in the past. And the twins are caught up in an alien master plan that might just mean Earth—both Earths—will be destroyed. Switching places and identities, "slipping" between planets and across decades, a desperate escape, and the unraveling of deeper secrets leave Tom and Eddie aware of the danger they're facing and the tools they can use to overcome it.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547867573
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Tom is a smart, talented loner with a chip on his shoulder and a big secret: an imaginary twin on another planet. Eddie is Tom's opposite, a friendly, athletic kid who always looks on the good side. Tom worries sometimes: does confiding in Eddie mean he's nuts? The truth is even crazier than that. Eddie and his planet are just as real as Tom and his Earth, but fifty-some years in the past. And the twins are caught up in an alien master plan that might just mean Earth—both Earths—will be destroyed. Switching places and identities, "slipping" between planets and across decades, a desperate escape, and the unraveling of deeper secrets leave Tom and Eddie aware of the danger they're facing and the tools they can use to overcome it.
Those Guys Have All the Fun
Author: Tom Shales
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316125768
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams. It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now. Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316125768
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams. It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. But the inside story of its rise has never been fully told-until now. Drawing upon over 500 interviews with the greatest names in ESPN's history and an All-Star collection of some of the world's finest athletes, bestselling authors James Miller and Tom Shales take us behind the cameras. Now, in their own words, the men and women who made ESPN great reveal the secrets behind its success-as well as the many scandals, rivalries, off-screen battles and triumphs that have accompanied that ascent. From the unknown producers and business visionaries to the most famous faces on television, it's all here.
Critical Reading Activities for the Works of Robert Cormier
Author: Donna Gilliland Shippen
Publisher: Walch Publishing
ISBN: 9780825139154
Category : Children's literature, American
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Publisher: Walch Publishing
ISBN: 9780825139154
Category : Children's literature, American
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
CliffsNotes on Lipsyte's The Contender
Author: Stanley P Baldwin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544180887
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. In CliffsNotes on The Contender, you look into a moral tale that emphasizes the importance of the fight over the prize, the quality of the struggle over the outcome. Following the development of the novel's protagonist, this study guide's in-depth character analysis covers the coming-of-age of a high school dropout who literally fights young boxers and figuratively braves the inner battles of peer pressure. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Life and background of the author, Robert Lipsyte Introduction to the book with a synopsis, character list, and character map Summaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries for each chapter Critical essays focusing on setting, major themes, and the author's writing style A review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topics A Resource Center full of books, publications, films, and Internet resources Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544180887
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. In CliffsNotes on The Contender, you look into a moral tale that emphasizes the importance of the fight over the prize, the quality of the struggle over the outcome. Following the development of the novel's protagonist, this study guide's in-depth character analysis covers the coming-of-age of a high school dropout who literally fights young boxers and figuratively braves the inner battles of peer pressure. Other features that help you figure out this important work include Life and background of the author, Robert Lipsyte Introduction to the book with a synopsis, character list, and character map Summaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries for each chapter Critical essays focusing on setting, major themes, and the author's writing style A review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topics A Resource Center full of books, publications, films, and Internet resources Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Center Field
Author: Robert Lipsyte
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061997358
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Mike has his junior year well under control. He's got a solid group of friends. He's dating Lori, one of the hottest girls in school. And Coach Cody has all but given him the starting spot as the Ridgedale Rangers' varsity center fielder. And then Oscar Ramirez shows up. Oscar is an amazing ballplayer, as talented at the plate as he is in center field, and it's not long before Mike loses control. He's on the bench, he's getting into fights, and he finds himself in weekend detention with Katherine Herold, the most mysterious, abrasive, alluring girl in school. Mike is lost, confused, and looking to Coach Cody to help him get back on track. But the coach has his own set of rules for Mike to play by, and the decisions Mike makes are going to impact more than just the starting lineup. Robert Lipsyte, one of the most celebrated writers in young adult literature, has crafted a subtly intense tale of adolescent struggle, a sports story about much more than sports—one that shows us how the moves one makes off the field matter even more than the moves one has on it.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061997358
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Mike has his junior year well under control. He's got a solid group of friends. He's dating Lori, one of the hottest girls in school. And Coach Cody has all but given him the starting spot as the Ridgedale Rangers' varsity center fielder. And then Oscar Ramirez shows up. Oscar is an amazing ballplayer, as talented at the plate as he is in center field, and it's not long before Mike loses control. He's on the bench, he's getting into fights, and he finds himself in weekend detention with Katherine Herold, the most mysterious, abrasive, alluring girl in school. Mike is lost, confused, and looking to Coach Cody to help him get back on track. But the coach has his own set of rules for Mike to play by, and the decisions Mike makes are going to impact more than just the starting lineup. Robert Lipsyte, one of the most celebrated writers in young adult literature, has crafted a subtly intense tale of adolescent struggle, a sports story about much more than sports—one that shows us how the moves one makes off the field matter even more than the moves one has on it.
Free to be Muhammad Ali
Author: Robert Lipsyte
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780060239022
Category : African American boxers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
A biography of a boxer, twice holder of the title of world heavyweight champion, who has come to be known as "The Greatest".
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780060239022
Category : African American boxers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
A biography of a boxer, twice holder of the title of world heavyweight champion, who has come to be known as "The Greatest".
Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature
Author: Alice L. Trupe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031302751X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Contemporary young adult literature is a relatively new genre. This guide provides an overview of the burgeoning field, focusing primarily on fiction. Each of the 32 chapters is devoted to a theme of special significance to young adults, and provides brief critical discussions of several related literary works. Chapters close with lists of fiction for further reading. An appendix groups works according to additional themes, and a selected bibliography cites relevant critical studies.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031302751X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Contemporary young adult literature is a relatively new genre. This guide provides an overview of the burgeoning field, focusing primarily on fiction. Each of the 32 chapters is devoted to a theme of special significance to young adults, and provides brief critical discussions of several related literary works. Chapters close with lists of fiction for further reading. An appendix groups works according to additional themes, and a selected bibliography cites relevant critical studies.
Nigger
Author: Dick Gregory
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671735608
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The story of Dick Greagory, welfare case, star athelete, hit comedian, and front-line participant in the battle for Civil Rights.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671735608
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The story of Dick Greagory, welfare case, star athelete, hit comedian, and front-line participant in the battle for Civil Rights.