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Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A self-portrait of a black teenage girl, big, fat, unloved, with a father who rapes her and a jealous mother who screams abuse. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
2) The kid
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is Sapphire's latest, a sequel to Push coming 15 years after its publication and one year after Precious, the film based on Push, got Academy Award attention. It is the story of Precious's son, Abdul, opening on the day of his mother's funeral. This book brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. It is a story of survival and awakening, and of one young man's remarkable strength....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009, �1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A self-portrait of a black teenage girl, big, fat, unloved, with a father who rapes her and a jealous mother who screams abuse. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
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