Dumplin' by Murphy, Julie 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2017)

BTSB #: 664953 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 4.6 UG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 710

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Overweight persons - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction Dating (Social customs) - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Texas - Fiction

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.

Like Vanessa by Charles, Tami 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2018)

BTSB #: 207634 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 730 F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Williams, Vanessa - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction Family problems - Fiction Family life - New Jersey - Newark - Fiction School stories Self-confidence - Fiction Newark (N.J.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.

Raymie Nightingale by DiCamillo, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 276782 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.2 MG RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 550 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Beauty contests - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family problems - Fiction

Summary: Raymie Clarke has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home.

Raymie Nightingale by DiCamillo, Kate 

Paperback(Candlewick Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 276843 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.2 MG RC: 3.2 3-5 Lexile: 550 F&P: V

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Beauty contests - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family problems - Fiction

Summary: Raymie Clarke has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home.

Rebel McKenzie by Ransom, Candice F. 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2012)

BTSB #: 739435 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 610 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Country life - Fiction Nephews - Fiction Loss (Psychology) - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction Trailer parks - Fiction

Summary: When Rebel, 12, an aspiring paleontologist, spends the summer watching her older sister's son at a mobile home park, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.

School of Charm by Scott, Lisa Ann 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2014)

BTSB #: 793597 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 600

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Individuality - Fiction Self-perception - Fiction Family life - North Carolina - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction Race relations - Fiction North Carolina - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: After her beloved father's death in 1977, eleven-year-old tomboy Chip tries to fit with her family of beauty queens, making unlikely new friends at Miss Vernie's unusual charm school in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.

Tiara Saurus Rex by Sayres, Brianna Caplan 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2015)

BTSB #: 781227 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Dinosaurs - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction

Summary: Tina Saurus-Rex is a fierce young competitor. She always has to win the Miss Dinosaur pageant. Will Patty Saurus, Stef O'Saurus, Teri Dactyl, and Sarah Topps be brave enough to challenge her?

Winter princess [Mermaid tales Volume: bk. 20]by Dadey, Debbie 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2020)

BTSB #: 254329 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   


Genres: Chapter Books

Subjects: Mermaids - Fiction Adoption - Fiction Family life - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction

Summary: Pearl is named Winter Princess, but finds out she's going to be a big sister when her parents decide to adopt. Now all her parents can talk about are cradles and baby toys. How can a baby steal all their attention before his arrival? Is Pearl really cut out to be a big sister?

Winter princess [Mermaid tales Volume: bk. 20]by Dadey, Debbie 

Paperback(Aladdin, 2020)

BTSB #: 254341 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   


Genres: Chapter Books

Subjects: Mermaids - Fiction Adoption - Fiction Family life - Fiction Beauty contests - Fiction

Summary: Pearl is named Winter Princess, but finds out she's going to be a big sister when her parents decide to adopt. Now all her parents can talk about are cradles and baby toys. How can a baby steal all their attention before his arrival? Is Pearl really cut out to be a big sister?