Robert Lipsyte
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Contender volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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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.
3) The brave
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Contender volume Bk. 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
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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.
5) Yellow flag
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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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...
6) The chief
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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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) Center field
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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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.
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Twinning powers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Celebrated sports journalist Robert Lipsyte-the New York Times' longtime lead sports columnist-mines pure gold from his long and very eventful career to bring readers a memoir like no other. An enthralling book, as much about personal relationships and the culture of sports as the athletes and teams themselves, An Accidental Sportswriter interweaves stories from Lipsyte's life and the events he covered to explore the connections between the games...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
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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...
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