One Fat Summer Robert Lipsyte Biography Robert Lipsyte grew up in New York City and attended Columbia University. He worked as a sports reporter for the New York Times from 1959 to1967 and as a sports columnist from 1967 to 1971. In 1964 he began covering professional boxing, most particularly the rise of Muhammad Ali's career. He used those experiences as the basis for his first young adult novel, The Contender, today widely considered a classic in the relatively …showed first 75 words of 945 total…

…showed last 75 words of 945 total…I really did not like the story and then when I read more it stared to get good. I recommend this book to anyone that is insecure about themselves or there weigh. I learned not to make fun of the over weigh, and that they have feeling too. What I did not like about the book is the beginning it was boring. Well I hope you get a chance to read the book and enjoy.