A 16-year-old African American girl named Claireece "Precious" Jones is the protagonist of this 1987 novel set in Harlem, New York City. At home, she has wait for her mother's wrath to subside before she can leave; she's pregnant for the second time by an absent father. In the midst of all the mayhem, Precious, a bright student who can't read, is in the ninth grade.
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A 16-year-old African American girl named Claireece "Precious" Jones is the protagonist of this 1987 novel set in Harlem, New York City. At home, she has wait for her mother's wrath to subside before she can leave; she's pregnant for the second time by an absent father. In the midst of all the mayhem, Precious, a bright student who can't read, is in the ninth grade.
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