The Brave (12 page)

Robert Lipsyte
is an award-winning sportswriter for
The New York Times,
and was the Emmy-winning host of the public-affairs show
The Eleventh Hour.
He is the author of a number of acclaimed titles for young readers, including
THE CONTENDER, THE BRAVE, THE CHIEF, ONE FAT SUMMER
, and
WARRIOR ANGEL
. He is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring lifetime contribution in writing for young adults. Robert Lipsyte lives in New York.

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THE CONTENDER

THE CHIEF

WARRIOR ANGEL

ONE FAT SUMMER

Cover photograph © 2003 by Chris Rogers

Cover © 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

THE BRAVE
. Copyright © 1991 by Robert M. Lipsyte. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lipsyte, Robert.

The brave / by Robert Lipsyte.

p. cm.

Sequel to: The contender.

Summary: 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.

ISBN 0-06-447079-2 (pbk.)

1. Indians of North America—Juvenile fiction. [1.Indians of North America—Fiction. 2. Boxing—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.L67Br  1991      90-25396

[Fic]—dc20      CIP

AC

EPub Edition © November 2009 ISBN: 978-0-06-199583-5

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