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Like Vanessa

Author:Tami Charles (Author)

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 the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter

eBook, English, 2018

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA, 2018

Genre:Fiction

Physical Description:1 online resource

ISBN:

9781632896087, 9781632896070, 1632896079, 1632896087

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:986788844

Subjects:

African American girls

African American girls New Jersey Newark Juvenile fiction

African Americans Fiction

Années quatre-vingt (Vingtième siècle) Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Beauty contests

Beauty contests Fiction

Beauty contests Juvenile fiction

Concours de beauté Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Confiance en soi Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Dysfunctional families

Dysfunctional families New Jersey Newark Juvenile fiction

Écoles urbaines New Jersey Newark Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Familles inadaptées New Jersey Newark Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Family life New Jersey Newark Fiction

Family problems Fiction

Filles noires américaines New Jersey Newark Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

Historical fiction

JUVENILE FICTION People & Places United States African American

New Jersey Newark

Newark (N.J.) History 20th century Fiction

Newark (N.J.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction

Nineteen eighties

Nineteen eighties Juvenile fiction

Schools Fiction

Self-confidence

Self-confidence Fiction

Self-confidence Juvenile fiction

Urban schools New Jersey Newark Juvenile fiction

Williams, Vanessa

Williams, Vanessa Fiction

Williams, Vanessa Juvenile fiction

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