Hardcover:
9780060239190 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 |
About this edition: 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 do not know anything until you try
9781557360243 | Large print edition (Cornerstone Books, August 1, 1987), cover price $14.95 |
About this edition: 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
Paperback:
9780064471527 | Reissue edition (Trophy Pr, May 1, 1996), cover price $2.25 |
About this edition: Feeling the pressures of Harlem life and its drug problems, police, and street fights, a seventeen-year-old high school drop-out turns to boxing
9780064470391 | Reissue edition (Harperteen, April 1, 1987), cover price $8.99 |
About this edition: Feeling the pressures of Harlem life and its drug problems, police, and street fights, a seventeen-year-old high school drop-out turns to boxing.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780788707322, titled "Contender" | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, December 1, 1997), cover price $34.00
Library:
9780060239206, titled "Contender" | Harpercollins, June 1, 1967, cover price $16.89 |
About this edition: 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.
Reinforced:
9780606025256 | Demco Media, September 1, 1991, cover price $14.55 |
About this edition: 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 do not know anything until you try
Prebinding:
9781435232891 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $15.99 |
About this edition: 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.
9780881030143 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $19.65 |
About this edition: Feeling the pressures of Harlem life and its drug problems, police, and street fights, a seventeen-year-old high school drop-out turns to boxing.