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Like Vanessa / Tami Charles.

Charles, Tami, (author.).

Summary:

It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1580897770
  • ISBN: 9781580897778
  • Physical Description: 284 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
730L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 10 193702.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Subject:
Williams, Vanessa > Juvenile fiction.
African American girls > New Jersey > Newark > Juvenile fiction.
Beauty contests > Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families > New Jersey > Newark > Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen eighties > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction.
Urban schools > New Jersey > Newark > Juvenile fiction.
Newark (N.J.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC CHARLES (Text) 36015000498507 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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