Precious Jones, a sixteen-year-old girl who is pregnant with her second child by her father, is pushed by her courageous African-American teacher to learn to re

A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging

Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious's son, Abdul. In The Kid

BONUS: This edition contains a Precious discussion guide and an excerpt from Sandra Novack's Everyone but You. The summer of 1978, ten-year-old Vicki Anderson r

Each story in this collection focuses on a value or event familiar to the young child and closes with a prayer that can be said with the help of an adult.