{"product_id":"the-contender-1","title":"The Contender","description":"Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender.\n\nAlfred 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0064471527\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31URM800CLUE_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Robert Lipsyte\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Mass market paperback in GOOD condition with normal wear from use. Cover art my differ from that shown in photo.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43063917805629,"sku":"31URM800CLUE_ns","price":27.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0064471527-0.jpg?v=1774559452","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-contender-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}