000338257 000__ 01279cam\a2200337Ia\4500 000338257 001__ 338257 000338257 005__ 20210513123118.0 000338257 008__ 091204t20091996nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\\ 000338257 020__ $$a9780679446262 000338257 020__ $$a0679446265 000338257 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn472664670 000338257 035__ $$a338257 000338257 040__ $$aZGV$$cZGV$$dMOF 000338257 043__ $$an-us-ny 000338257 049__ $$aISEA 000338257 050_4 $$aPS3569.A63$$bP87 2009 000338257 08204 $$a813/.54$$222 000338257 1000_ $$aSapphire,$$d1950- 000338257 24510 $$aPush :$$ba novel /$$cby Sapphire. 000338257 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf :$$bDistributed by Random House,$$c2009, c1996. 000338257 300__ $$a139, [38] p. ;$$c20 cm. 000338257 500__ $$aA Borzoi book. 000338257 520__ $$aA 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. 000338257 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$vFiction. 000338257 650_0 $$aTeenage mothers$$vFiction. 000338257 650_0 $$aAfrican American girls$$vFiction. 000338257 650_0 $$aChild abuse$$vFiction. 000338257 650_0 $$aLiteracy$$vFiction. 000338257 650_0 $$aIncest$$vFiction. 000338257 651_0 $$aHarlem (New York, N.Y.)$$vFiction. 000338257 655_7 $$aDomestic fiction.$$2lcgft 000338257 85200 $$bgen$$hPS3569.A63$$iP87$$i2009 000338257 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:338257$$pGLOBAL_SET 000338257 980__ $$aBIB 000338257 980__ $$aBOOK