00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217613906360 Buklod 20220826083808.0 a r |||| u| ta 211118s xx d r |||| u| 9781580897778 (reinforced for library use) (iLib)UPD-00531972072 DLC DCAL rda eng DMLUC PZ 7.1 C53 L55 2018 Charles, Tami author. Like Vanessa Tami Charles. Watertown, MA Charlesbridge [2018] 284 pages 23 cm. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Companion to: Becoming Beatriz. 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. 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. Book FO UPD DCAL PZ 7.1 C53 L55 2018 Book