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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Charles, Tami, author.
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Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
Haitian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
Female gang members -- Juvenile fiction.
Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Dance -- Juvenile fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Charles, Tami, author.
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Becoming Beatriz / T...
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Becoming Beatriz / Tami Charles.
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Charles, Tami, author.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019]
Subjects
Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
Haitian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
Female gang members -- Juvenile fiction.
Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Dance -- Juvenile fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction.
Hispanic American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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9781580897785 (reinforced for library use) :
1580897789 (reinforced for library use) :
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260 pages ; 22 cm
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1984, in the barrios of Newark. Beatriz Mendez is looking forward to dancing at her fifteenth birthday, because dancing is her true passion in life. When her brother Juni, gang-leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Diablos, is killed by the rival Haitian Macoute gang she finds herself thrust into the role of gang-leader and drug dealer. She meets Nassar, a dorky Haitian boy who shares and reignites her passion for dancing. Will Beatriz choose the life decided for her-- or the one she creates for herself? -- adapted from run-on sentence provided, and jacket
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Hawaii State Library
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YA -- Fiction
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