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Author:

Charles, Tami, author.

Title:

Like Vanessa / Tami Charles.

Publisher:

Charlesbridge,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

284 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Williams, Vanessa--Juvenile fiction.
African American girls--Newark--Newark--Juvenile fiction.
Beauty contests--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Newark--Newark--Juvenile fiction.
Urban schools--Newark--Newark--Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen eighties--Juvenile fiction.
Newark (N.J.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.

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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.

ISBN:

1580897770
9781580897778

OCLC:

(OCoLC)986523091

LCCN:

2016053961

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