Here's my book report :)

1. Push By Sapphire

2. Main Characters

3. Main Characters (cont.) From School

4. Main Characters (cont.)

6. Precious lives with her mother and drug addicted father; both abusive

7. Precious’ mom lives off of public assistance and security checks she gets from “Little Mongo”

8. Precious is pregnant with her 2nd child from her father

10. Her mom doesn’t care about anything but getting money from the government, and makes Precious cook and clean for her when she comes home from school.

11. Precious is shy and has no friends. She doesn’t want to ask to go to the bathroom at school, so she just urinates in her seat.

13. The guidance counselor “suggests” Precious leave school and go to a Higher Education Alternative school called Each One Teach One, even though really she’s kicking Precious out of school for being pregnant.

15. Ms. Blue Rain is Precious’ teacher there and encourages everyone in the class to keep pressing on and try their hardest.

16. Most of the students have no clue how to read or write and have lived hard lives.

17. She has the students keep a journal and write as much as they can about whatever they like and she writes them back along with corrections for their spelling and grammar.

19. She doesn’t want to live with her mom anymore. She wants to have her own place, but she doesn’t have any money.

20. Ms. Rain helps her find a home for her at a halfway house where Precious can go to school and leave Abdul in safe hands.

21. Her mom comes to visit her to tell her that Precious’ dad just died from AIDS. Precious was so worried she or Abdul might have it.

23. Precious steals her files from Ms. Weiss’ desk and is furious that she wrote down the details of Precious’ past home life and the abuse when she said she wouldn’t.

24. Rita from school convinces Precious to go to an incest support group meeting in town with her.

25. Precious goes and tries to share what has happened to her but couldn’t get much out.

27. She also thinks about what it would be like to have a real boyfriend and a real relationship with someone.

29. The day they have a session together, Ms. Weiss asks Precious to share her first memory of her mom.

31. Precious is thinking to herself how she doesn’t remember a single one of these stories her mom is saying about her childhood. She knows her mom just wants to sound like a good parent so she can have Precious and the baby come live back at home.

33. She has hope now, for her future and herself. She hopes to one day have “Little Mongo” back with her as well.