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Precious : based on the novel Push
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Precious : based on the novel Push
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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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Title
Precious : based on the novel Push
Authors
Sapphire, 1950-
Subjects
Incest--Fiction.
Teenage pregnancy--Fiction.
Teenage mothers--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
African American girls--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Sexual abuse victims--Fiction.
Child abuse--Fiction.
Literacy--Fiction.
Inner cities--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Language
English
Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, ©1996.
Publication Desc
139 p. ;
ISBN
9780307474841

(pbk.)

Target Audience
Adult
Dimensions
20 cm.