The Kid
A Novel
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 26, 2012
From the bestselling author of Push, a story of survival and awakening—and one young man’s remarkable strength The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire’s unforgettable heroine, Precious.
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- Who it’s for
- Sapphire pairs a young man’s hard passage toward adulthood with a searching, unsparing interior life.
- Genres
- Black Fiction, Coming-of-Age, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, June 26, 2012
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From the bestselling author of Push, a story of survival and awakening—and one young man’s remarkable strength The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire’s unforgettable heroine, Precious. Left alone by his mother’s death 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.
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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 artists’ lofts, The Kid is a soaring tale of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul.
Inside the Becoming
Sapphire pairs a young man’s hard passage toward adulthood with a searching, unsparing interior life.
Come here for
- An intimate look at survival, awakening, and the hungers of body and spirit
- A generational story spanning Mississippi and Harlem
Expect
- A brisk movement between places and stages of life
- Confrontations with violence, history, and the self
Where it sits
| Coming-of-Age | 47% |
|---|---|
| Black Fiction | 40% |
| Literary Fiction | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Coming-of-Age
- Black Urban Fiction
- Authors
- Sapphire, Penguin Audio
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- June 26, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction