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1) The Kid
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious's son, Abdul.
In The Kid bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Push's unforgettable heroine, Precious.
A story of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul, The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones.
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1997, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A courageous and determined young teacher opens up a new world of hope and redemption for sixteen-year-old Precious Jones, an abused young African American girl living in Harlem who was raped and left pregnant for the second time by her father.
Author
Publisher
Bathory Gate Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When it comes to romance, everyone could use a fairy godmother once in a while. Or at least a magic wand.
This hot new collection of fairy tale retellings has it all—enchanting Regency ballrooms, demon-infested forests, billionaire-controlled boardrooms, and dark alien planets. And all our fairy tales come with a twist.
Our heroes and heroines will take you to the depths of hell and the top of the castle's spire
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