Becoming Beatriz
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge Teen, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: 260 pages ; 22 cm
"In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Teen fiction.
Haitian Americans -- Teen fiction.
Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Teen fiction.
Female gang members -- Teen fiction.
Teenagers -- Teen fiction.
Dance -- Teen fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Teen fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Teen fiction.
Gangs -- Teen fiction.
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Teen fiction.
Haitian Americans -- Teen fiction.
Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Teen fiction.
Female gang members -- Teen fiction.
Teenagers -- Teen fiction.
Dance -- Teen fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Teen fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Teen fiction.
Gangs -- Teen fiction.
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: 690L
ISBN:
9781580897785 (reinforced for library use)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TF Charles | Northeast Indoors | Teen Fiction | In |
TF Charles | Southeast | Teen Fiction | In |