Robert Lipsyte








My Books

Yellow Flag
Kyle Hildebrand, a grandson in a famous NASCAR family, isn't sure he wants his place on the hot seat. But first he has to find out if he is just a driver - or a racer like his older brother.

Raiders Night
Matt Rydek, a high school football star on his way to a major college, had it all - a drug habit, a driven father, a vindictive girlfriend and, according to a Publishers Weekly starred review, "a soul-crushing choice...an awful and terrifying ring of truth."

Heroes of Baseball
"A thoroughly entertaining book that reveals stories I had never heard before - about baseball and our country. A sneaky way to teach history."
Jim Bouton, former Yankee pitcher and author of the best-seller "Ball Four."

The Contender
Alfred Brooks is a high school dropout. His best friend is sinking into drug addiction. A street gang is after him. At Donatelli's Gym, he learns it's the effort, not the win, that makes the man.

“A novel filled with hardship and hope.”
–ALA Booklist

The Brave
Lipsyte proves again why he is master of the YA sports novel."
-School Library Journal (starred review)

The Chief
"Terse and thrilling language...a heart-pounding read."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Warrior Angel
Sonny Bear, Alfred, Henry and Martin meet again at Donatelli's Gym as Starkey appears, savior or stalker or both?

One Fat Summer
“Critics will be polishing up superlatives to describe Lipsyte’s new story, deftly delivered…an intricate, suspenseful tale of family and social relationships.”
-Publisher’s Weekly


In the Country of Illness: Comfort and Advice for the Journey.
The opening passage, in which the author discovers his problem and makes his way from frequent, furtive self-examination to the doctors he refers to as Batman and Robin, reads like an urban ''M*A*S*H'':
-Karen Stabiner in The New York Times




BOOKS

Fiction
Yellow Flag
A pulse-pounding ride in the world of NASCAR
Raiders Night
"a riveting and chilling look inside contemporary high school football" - *Publishers Weekly
The Contender
Before you can be a champion,
you have to be a contender.

The Brave
Sequel to The Contender
The Chief
Sonny Bear is the champ!
Warrior Angel
The final story in The Contender quartet
One Fat Summer
“You’re bound to like this fat boy right from the start...very funny.”
-Kirkus Reviews
Non-Fiction
Heroes of Baseball
The Men Who Made It America's Favorite Game
In the Country of Illness: Comfort and Advice for the Journey.
Mortality confronted with hard-earned outrage, first at the author's cancer, then his ex-wife's.



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