The kid : a novel / Sapphire.
This book is Sapphire's latest, a sequel to Push coming 15 years after its publication and one year after Precious, the film based on Push, got Academy Award attention. It is the story of Precious's son, Abdul, opening on the day of his mother's funeral. This book brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. It is a story of survival and awakening, and of one young man's remarkable strength. We meet Abdul at age nine, on the day of his mother's funeral. Left alone to navigate in a world where love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade, forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart, Abdul claws his way toward adulthood and toward an identity he can stand behind. In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday; from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artist's lofts, this story tells of a twenty-first-century young man's fight to find a way to the future. Intimate, terrifying, deeply alive in Abdul's journey we are witness to an artist's birth by fire. -- From publisher's web site.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594203040
- ISBN: 9781594203046
- Physical Description: 373 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
- Copyright: ©2011.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Sequel to: Push.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- African American boys > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Coming-of-age fiction
Fiction.
Available copies
- 18 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | FIC SAP (Text) | 30229100671337 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
