Precious : based on the novel Push
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Author
Sapphire, 1950-
Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, c1996.
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Book
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Sequim - Fiction (Adult)
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LC Subjects
African American girls -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Child abuse -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Incest -- Fiction.
Inner cities -- Fiction
Literacy -- Fiction.
Sexual abuse victims -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Teenage mothers -- Fiction.
Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction.

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Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, c1996.
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4, 5 Points

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"Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover.
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.