Push

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Summary: Push
Review: I think push was a very interesting book. By reading this book people could realize how good their life is. This book is about a girl named Claireece, she was raped by her father since she was a vey young child. Eventually she got pregnant , at the age of twelve she had her first child. When the mother realized what was happening she said nothing to the father but she beat Claireece. She beat claireece when she was inlabor of her first child. Claireece was still getting raped after the birth of her first child, and at the age of sixteen, she gave birth to a second child. After the birth of her second child claireece moved out. I really like this book I would recommened it.

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Summary: The book Push was great
Review: I think Push was a excellent book.It was a girl who was getting raped by her father when she was a baby.As she grew up her father touched her in the ways she did'nt want to be touched. She became older and had her first baby by her father at the age 12.Then when she became pregant again they kicked her out of school then put her in a alternative school.Before she went there she did'nt know who to do alot of things.She became smarter and took care of her baby the best she could.

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Summary: A heartbreaking and uplifting book
Review: "Push" is one of the most definitive proofs yet that some of the best things come in small packages. It's a very short novel, only 140 pages, but it packs one helluva punch. "Push" is the story of Precious Jones, 16 years old, functionally illiterate, a tragic by-product of the New York City school system's calamitous failed policy of "social promotion", which passes its failing children along from one grade to the next, whether or not they have mastered the fundamentals of reading and writing. Twice raped and impregnated by her philandering father and physically and sexually abused by her incredible mother, Precious finds herself kicked out of junior high school when she is found to be pregnant a second time. Instead of washing her hands of Precious, her guidance counselor refers her to an alternative school where Precious is taken in hand by a teacher who turns her life around by helping Precious to see that she is worth something in herself, and by forcing Precious to keep a diary that not only helps her to become literate but to examine the travesty that has been her life and decide where she wants her life to go. Precious is beginning to give her life some meaning; she's within striking distance of qualifying for her high school equivalency diploma and for the first time she feels she has a future, when this picture is blasted to bits by the revelation that her father not only impregnated her when he raped her, he also gave her HIV. We don't know what is going to happen to Precious after the book ends; we only realize that this is a young woman who will very likely not see her thirtieth birthday. But Precious is a survivor; she is bloodied but not unbowed, and she is fiercely determined to give the time she has left her very best shot. This is an awesome, uplifting and inspiring first novel by a very talented writer whom we should see much more of.

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Summary: an none interesting book
Review: I think this book is like so not interesting. the book is about a girl name Claireece Precious Jonesand she gets sexually abused by her mother and father.She do not have an education and all she knows is curse words and sex. She has two kids by her dad. Her father rapes her almost every night. Her mother beats her and makes her clean ,cook, and make her do sexual things to her.Later she gets to go to a school for children like her. In that school she met a few friends and she learned how to read and wright.She discovers that she have received the aids viris and her father dies . Her second child did not recieve the aids viris . So this book is not really interesting to read because it's very sad.

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Summary: My Opinion On Push
Review: I thought the book was very sad.I never thought children could go through things like that especially at such a young age.It shows how the world really is and how people can be cruel.I thought it could have had a better ending and less vulgarity.It is a great book to read if you have went through the same thing or something similar.I recommend it to older teens and adults.It may be to harse for young teens to read and understand.I also thought it should have had a better title.I felt the ending should have let us know what happen to her and her chldren.Did things get better or did they get worse?I thought the book could have been better.I enjoyed reading it although it was sad and very cruel.

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Summary: The life of Precious, Push
Review: I think Precious had a very complex life. She was raped by her father since she was a young child. Precious eventually got pregnant by her father, twice. And was kicked out of school because of it. She had both children in her early teens. Shortly after the birth of the second child, Precious father died of aids. Putting even more pressure on Precious, knowing that her and her children might have aids also. I think this was a very good book. This book teaches many life values. It can also help mainly teens to appreciate what they have.

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Summary: Awesome, Inspiring and Timely
Review: Talk about inspiring, motivational and uplifting! In my opinion, one time writing/reading teacher and the books author Sapphire mixed many of the people she has run across to come up with the protagonist Clareece "Precious" Jones. I want to tell y'all, I know Precious in so many forms. She is my niece who ran away at 15 and hasn't ever learned to read or write and who refuses to come off the streets, she is my sister who has struggled with a substance abuse problem for over 30 years, she is my co-worker who lives in an upper-scale neighborhood in the suburbs whose husband/boyfriend/lover abuses her on a daily/weekly/hourly basis she is that woman at the grocery store who can count her change faster than anything on sale, but who asks you to help her figure out the name of that cereal in the aisle so she can figure out if it's the one on sale.

Push is a must read for all who are hopeless and for those that are hoping. An excellent, disturbing but positive book.

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Summary: REAL
Review: This book is realistic and to the point. It is blunt and it forced me to deal with the fact that these types of horrors exist in the black community. I even shocked myself by trying to hide from the story line of the book. This book sent chills through my spine. This story is about an illiterate young lady who lives with her sexually abusive mother. She is placed in a home for girls where a counselor takes her up under her wing, by helping her begin to realize her potential.

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Summary: I think this book was so many things in one.
Review: This book was so many things in one. It was sad because of the fact that she was raped and abused and got pregnant by her father. But at the same time it was hopeful because she was going to school and getting the help that she needed. I think Precious is a very strong person to have dealt with all of this throughout her life. I don't think I could've dealt with all of this as well as she did. So I not only think she's a very strong person, but I also admire her for being so strong and brave. It's scary to think that so many people in this world could be going though all of this. I'm glad that she has gone on with her life and has made success in writing her own book. Not only did she go through all of this, but she let the whole world know what she went through.

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Summary: A "REAL" description of triumph over adversity
Review: This story is a MUST-READ for all women who need a "push" out of a bad situation. The description of the life of the main character, Claireece, is vivid and you feel like you are there witnessing events as they happen to her. Her struggles with reading and writing are illustrated clearly and is a true testament to Sapphire's (the author) work as a reading teacher. The book shows that anything can be accomplished with a little self-determination and assistance from someone who cares. Very graphic descriptions, but it's REAL...