Like Vanessa
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: 284 pages ; 22 cm
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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
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.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 730L
ISBN:
9781580897778
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Charles | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Charles | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Charles | Blythewood | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/17/2024) |
C Charles | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Fiction | In |
C Charles | Southeast | Children's Fiction | In |