Precious : based on the novel Push
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Sapphire, 1950-
Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, c1996.
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 20 cm.
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IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
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Subjects

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.
Format
Book
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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sapphire. (1996). Precious: based on the novel Push . Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sapphire, 1950-. 1996. Precious: Based On the Novel Push. Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sapphire, 1950-. Precious: Based On the Novel Push Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 1996.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sapphire. Precious: Based On the Novel Push Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 1996.

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