خلاصه داستان : در نیویورک سال 1987 نوجوان شانزده ساله ای که از اضافه وزن و سواستفاده رنج می برد و دومین فرزند خود را باردار است به مدرسه جدید دعوت می شود تا شاید بتواند مسیر زندگی خود را تغییر دهد...

Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.

خلاصه داستان : برداشت زن و شوهری که پسر بیمار خود را در محیطی خلوت نگه می‌دارند، متوجه می‌شوند که زندگی کنترل‌شده‌شان توسط دختر جوانی که به خانه همسایه نقل مکان می‌کند به چالش کشیده می‌شود...

Maryann moves in with her grandparents after she's orphaned. Desperately lonely, she sets out to befriend a neighboring deathly ill, bed-ridden boy, despite the outright disapproval of his mother. Maryann's persistence pays off, however, and during a series of secret visits she gradually uncovers some seriously sinister goings-on in the house.