Like Vanessa, Tami Charles
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Like Vanessa, Tami Charles
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Like Vanessa
Oclc number
986523091
Responsibility statement
Tami Charles
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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Subject
- Dysfunctional families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Young adult fiction
- African American girls -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Young adult fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult fiction
- Urban schools -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Young adult fiction
- Self-confidence -- Young adult fiction
- Beauty contests -- Young adult fiction
- Williams, Vanessa -- Young adult fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Young adult fiction
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- Dysfunctional families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Young adult fiction
- African American girls -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Young adult fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult fiction
- Urban schools -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Young adult fiction
- Self-confidence -- Young adult fiction
- Beauty contests -- Young adult fiction
- Williams, Vanessa -- Young adult fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Young adult fiction
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