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Soon to be cross-posted – a review of Humboldt

Sep 5, 2014

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Sarah

in adult, cultural studies, non-fiction, social sciences

So I finally got around to writing another blog posting for a book I read not too long ago. I wrote it originally for my library’s blog – because it’s a good book and it hasn’t been checked out very much. I’m posting the review here first – it won’t show up on Pima County…
Precious: Based on the novel Push

Jul 14, 2010

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by

Sarah

in adult, general fiction, street lit, urban lit

By Sapphire Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vintage Contemporaries, c1996, 1997, 2009 Genres: General fiction, urban lit, street lit ISBN: 9780307474841 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 177 (180 including Reader’s Guide) Setting: Harlem, Manhattan, NYC Time period: 1987 – 1989 Plot summary: Sixteen year old, Precious Jones lives an extremely hard life. Born…