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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds ar...

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Main Author:	Charles, Tami (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018]
Subjects:	Williams, Vanessa > Juvenile fiction. Children of prisoners > Juvenile fiction. African American girls > Juvenile fiction. Beauty contests > Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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