Sapphire
1) Push
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
141 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" ("Newsday") is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.
2) Precious
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
373 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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....
4) Precious
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant for the second time by her father and abused by her mother, Harlem teenager Precious Jones finds hope through a counselor and a teacher at her new school.
5) Precious
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pregnant for the second time by her father and abused by her mother, Harlem teenager Precious Jones finds hope through a counselor and a teacher at her new school.