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