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Raiders Night
Ages 14–+ · 2006
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$2522
Chapter Book · Ages 12–17 · Est. 3.5 hour read
Contender (Turtleback School & Library)
A young man in Harlem confronts loyalty, violence, and the possibility of a different future after his best friend's arrest.
3.7/5 Goodreads · 4,817 ratings
240 pages· 37,569 words· Est. 3.5 hour read
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From the publisher
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 Aflred begins going to Donatelli’s Gym, a boxing club in Harlem that’s 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.
At a glance
- Format
- Prebound-Glued
- Pages
- 240
- Words
- 37,569
- Reading age
- 12–17
- Audience
- Young Adult
- Lexile
- 690L
The author
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