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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the od...
Main Author: | Charles, Tami (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Watertown, MA :
Charlesbridge,
[2018]
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