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  • Charles, Tami, author.
     
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  • Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Haitian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Female gang members -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Dance -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Hispanic American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Gangs -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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  • Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
     
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    Becoming Beatriz / Tami Charles.
    by Charles, Tami, author.
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    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.
  • ISBN: 
    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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