Push - Sapphire Snow • BookLikes (ISBN:B005IUHU50)

Push

by: Sapphire Snow (author)

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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 them down in a diary.

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Format: hardcover

ASIN: B005IUHU50

Publish date: 1996-06-11

Publisher: Knopf

Pages no: 192

Edition language: English

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cassandragriggs rated it

13 years ago

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Borrowed from Jonesy. It pulled at my heart strings then about a year ago, literally made my mouth fall open, hence why I haven't had the courage to see the movie yet.

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Ravings of a Book Junkie rated it

13 years ago

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Disturbing and powerful. This follows 16 year old Precious' journey from an abused and mostly illiterate girl living in a NY tenement with her abusive mother, to her daring run for freedom and empowerment, a truly unforgettable story.

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tonyawarner rated it

13 years ago

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Absolutely incredible. Listen baby, Muver love you. Muver not dumb. Listen baby; ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Thas the alphabet. Twenty-six letters in all. Them make up word. Them word everything. The way Precious builds herself up from the torment of her upbringing is very moving. The tragedy of...

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jennifermcbride rated it

14 years ago

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Searing

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