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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

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ISBN: 9780679766759
ISBN: 0679766758
ISBN: 9781435242241
ISBN: 1435242246
ISBN: 0307474844
ISBN: 9780307474841
ISBN: 0679446265
ISBN: 9780679446262
Physical Description: print
139, [38] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Publisher: New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 1997.
Copyright: ©1996

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Now a major motion picture - cover. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award Sundance Film Festival - cover.
Awards Note:	Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary, 1997.

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