The Resource Push, a novel by Sapphire
Push, a novel by Sapphire
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Resource Information
The item Push, a novel by Sapphire represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 139 pages, 38 unnumbered pages
- Note
-
- "Now a major motion picture [Precious] ; Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner. Sundance Film Festival"--Sticker on cover
- "Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover
- "First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780679766759
- Label
- Push
- Title
- Push
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by Sapphire
- Title variation
- Precious
- Subject
-
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueIlliterate women
- trueIncest
- Incest -- Fiction
- trueJones, Precious (Fictitious character)
- Literacy -- Fiction
- trueNew York City
- trueOverweight teenagers
- Pregnant teenagers -- Fiction
- trueRedemption
- trueSixteen-year-old girls
- trueStreet life
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- trueTeenage mothers
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- trueUrban fiction
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- African American girls -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage mothers
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Child abuse -- Fiction
- trueChild abuse victims
- trueChild abusers
- Domestic fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- A courageous and determined young teacher opens up a new world of hope and redemption for sixteen-year-old Precious Jones, an abused young African American girl living in Harlem who was raped and left pregnant by her father
- Award
-
- BCALA Literary Award for First Novelist, 1997.
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 053974
- Cataloging source
- BKL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sapphire
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.A63
- LC item number
- P87 1997
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Child abuse
- Incest
- Teenage mothers
- Literacy
- African American girls
- African Americans
- Pregnant teenagers
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Push, a novel by Sapphire
- Note
-
- "Now a major motion picture [Precious] ; Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner. Sundance Film Festival"--Sticker on cover
- "Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover
- "First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14348907
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 139 pages, 38 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780679766759
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm37225301
- (OCoLC)37225301
- Label
- Push, a novel by Sapphire
- Note
-
- "Now a major motion picture [Precious] ; Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner. Sundance Film Festival"--Sticker on cover
- "Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover
- "First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14348907
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
- Extent
- 139 pages, 38 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780679766759
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm37225301
- (OCoLC)37225301
Subject
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueIlliterate women
- trueIncest
- Incest -- Fiction
- trueJones, Precious (Fictitious character)
- Literacy -- Fiction
- trueNew York City
- trueOverweight teenagers
- Pregnant teenagers -- Fiction
- trueRedemption
- trueSixteen-year-old girls
- trueStreet life
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- trueTeenage mothers
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- trueUrban fiction
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- African American girls -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage mothers
- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Child abuse -- Fiction
- trueChild abuse victims
- trueChild abusers
- Domestic fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genre
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueUrban fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueBooks to movies
Member of
Included in
- trueBCALA Literary Award: First Novelist Category
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Hard Knock Life (2010)
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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