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001			368022334
003			OCoLC
005			20190501164508.0
007			ta
008			100129s2009 nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780307474841 _c13.00
020			_a0307474844
035			_63786225x
035			_a(OCoLC)368022334
040			_aBTCTA _cBTCTA _dYDXCP _dHBP
049			_aWZWW
050	1	4	_aPS3569.A63 _bP74 2009
082	0	4	_a813/.54 _222
100	0		_aSapphire, _d1950-
245	1	0	_aPush : _ba novel _cby Sapphire.
246	1		_iTitle on cover : _aPrecious : _bbased on the novel Push
246	3		_aPrecious.
260			_aNew York : _bVintage Contemporaries, _c[2009]
300			_a139 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_a"Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover.
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.
650		0	_aChild abuse _vFiction.
650		0	_aIncest _vFiction.
650		0	_aPregnant teenagers _vFiction.
650		0	_aLiteracy _vFiction.
650		0	_aAfrican American girls _vFiction.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _zNew York (State) _zNew York _vFiction.
651		0	_aHarlem (New York, N.Y.) _vFiction.
655		0	_aDomestic fiction.
961	w	l	_t2
999			_c1881 _d1881