Lipsyte, Robert

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Yellow flag

2009
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 playing while deciding how--or if--he can continue making music with a brass quintet and headlines as a Nascar racer.

The Brave

1993
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.

One fat summer

1977
An overweight fourteen-year-old boy experiences a turningpoint summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.

Free to be Muhammad Ali

1978
A biography of a boxer, twice holder of the title of world heavyweight champion, who has come to be known as "The Greatest.".

The Chemo Kid

1992
When the drugs that he takes as part of his chemotherapy suddenly transform him from wimp into superhero, sixteen-year-old Fred and his friends plot to rid the town of its most lethal environmental hazard, toxic waste in the water supply.

Joe Louis

a champ for all America
1994
Called the "Brown Bomber", Louis was the boxing heavyweight champion of the world and an inspiration to many African-Americans.

The contender

1987
After a successful start in a boxing career, a Harlem high school dropout decides that competing in the ring isn't enough of life and resolves to aim for different goals.

Jim Thorpe

20th-century jock
1993
Text and photographs present a biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner and as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.

The contender

1967
After a successful start in a boxing career, a Harlem high school dropout decides that competing in the ring isn't enough of life and resolves to aim for different goals.

The chief

1993
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.".

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