Claireece "Precious" Jones, a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one wants, is set in Harlem in 1987. Her absent father is pregnant for the second time; at home, she must wait on her mother, an angry woman who emotionally and physically abuses her. Precious has finished ninth grade with good grades but a secret: she can't read.
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Claireece "Precious" Jones, a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one wants, is set in Harlem in 1987. Her absent father is pregnant for the second time; at home, she must wait on her mother, an angry woman who emotionally and physically abuses her. Precious has finished ninth grade with good grades but a secret: she can't read.
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