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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Charles, Tami, author.     Subjects     Williams, Vanessa -- Juvenile fiction.     African American girls -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.     Beauty contests -- Juvenile fiction.     Dysfunctional families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.     Urban schools -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.     Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.     Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction.     Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Charles, Tami, author.       by title:      Like Vanessa / Tami ...         MARC Display

Like Vanessa / Tami Charles. by Charles, Tami, author. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018] Subjects Williams, Vanessa -- Juvenile fiction.   African American girls -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.   Beauty contests -- Juvenile fiction.   Dysfunctional families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.   Urban schools -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.   Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.   Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction.   Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction. ISBN:  9781580897778 (reinforced for library use) 1580897770 (reinforced for library use) Description:  284 pages ; 22 cm Requests:  0 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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter. Awards:  Junior Library Guild selection.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library YA -- Fiction Charles Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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