Like Vanessa

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 Vanes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Charles, Tami (Author)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, MA Charlesbridge [2018]
Subjects:	Williams, Vanessa > Fiction. African Americans > Fiction. Beauty contests > Fiction. Family problems > Fiction. Family life > New Jersey > Newark > Fiction. Schools > Fiction. Self-confidence > Fiction. Newark (N.J.) > History > 20th century > Fiction. Historical fiction.

College of Arts and Letters (UP Diliman)

Accession #	Call #	Volume/Part#	Copy #	Collection	Circulation Type	Circulation Status
CAL-13748	PZ 7.1 / C53 L55 2018				Regular Circulation	On-Shelf