Sapphire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
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 for the second time by her father.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Formats
Description
This book is Sapphire's latest, a sequel to Push coming 15 years after its publication and one year after Precious, the film based on Push, got Academy Award attention. It is the story of Precious's son, Abdul, opening on the day of his mother's funeral. This book brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. It is a story of survival and awakening, and of one young man's remarkable strength....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024
Description
I was the most powerful healer in my world—the best, having devoted my entire life to mastering the art of healing. And yet, for whatever reason, my brother feared that I sought to claim his throne, and he marshaled his forces against me. Anyway, it doesn't matter, all the same I'd been planning on trying out a certain ritual and now . . . I'm in another world altogether!? And this body I'm inhabiting, well, it's not mine, but some young guy's!...
5) Precious
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
7) Opal dream
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Kellyanne has two of the best friends in the world. The only problem is that nobody sees them but her. When her father leaves them in an opal mine, it's up to Kellyanne's brother to rally the town to find these two imaginary friends.
8) Opal Dream
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Kellyanne has two of the best friends in the world. The only problem is that nobody sees them but her. When her father leaves them in an opal mine, it's up to Kellyanne's brother to rally the town to find these two imaginary friends.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Tales of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, who fought the forces of the evil Prince John, his local official the Sheriff of Nottingham and any aristocrat or ne'er-do-well who threatened the common people and loyal subjects of King Richard, whose return from the Crusades they awaited from their home in the shelter of Sherwood Forest.
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
This classic television series ran from 1955 to 1960, featuring the tales of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. Richard Greene stars as our gallant hero who fought the forces of the evil Prince John, his local official the Sheriff of Nottingham and any aristocrat or ne'er-do-well who threatened the common people and loyal subjects of King Richard. Robin and his band lived in the shelter of Sherwood Forest, fighting their foes and hoping for the...
12) The confirmation
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Clive Owen shines in this irresistible comedy about an estranged father and son, whose weekend adventure leads to something they never imagined, a true family connection.
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