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PreciousSapphire, Sapphire
Young Adult

Precious

193 pagesFirst published 19985 editions
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This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school when that pregnancy becomes obvious. Placed in an alternative teaching programme, she learns to read and write. This is Precious's diary, in which she honestly records her relationships and her life.

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionPenguin Random House20101929780099548720
EditionContemporary French Fiction20102249782757816868
PaperbackVintage20091929780307474841
AudiobookBrand: Books on Tape2009—9781415967171
EditionPenguin Random House1998—9780099274520
IncestChild abuseAfrican American girlsAfrican American teenage mothersAfrican AmericansTeenage mothersFictionReading Level-Grade 7