TY - BOOK AU - Sapphire, TI - Push: a novel SN - 0679766758 : PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books KW - African American girls KW - Fiction KW - African Americans KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Child abuse KW - Incest KW - Literacy KW - Teenage mothers KW - Harlem (New York, N.Y.) KW - Domestic fiction KW - lcsh N2 - Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" ("Newsday") is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption ER -