In no particular order:
Twenty poems that interconnect stories about seven African-American women who are only identified by colors they are given to wear.
Precious has had to fight her entire life...to overcome abuse, to get an education, to survive. But when terrible news threatens her newfound happiness, Precious knows she needs to find even more strength to keep going.
Three women in one family. The format alternates between each women's POV during their teen years. The snapshot of their teen years each covers pivotal moments which shaped their future. All three of them explore love and losing their virginity.
A story of motherhood, friendship, and love. It follows two girls Nel & Sula, from childhood to adulthood and describes the way their deep bond is tested by societal norms.
After fighting the war against the city of Troy with the Greeks, he started his journey home.
An autobiography of a young boy who is starved, beaten, and tortured by his mother. Despite this terrible beginning he manages to turn his life around. David uses his faith, a positive attitude, and determination to survive his mother's abuse.
The story of children who rise above their poverty and abandonment and abuse to live out their dreams and contribute to the literary world. Reyna Grande is four-years-old when her mother leaves her poverty-stricken town in Mexico to work in The United States.
Jada goes from crack addict and prostitute to survivor and back again before she finds the strength to live for herself and come out on top.
The book is the first-person account of a young African American woman writer, Dana, who finds herself being shunted in time between her Los Angeles, California home in 1976 and a pre-Civil War Maryland plantation.
A year in the life of Esperanza, a Mexican-American story of a girl who lives on Mango Street.
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