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Like Vanessa
Author: Charles, Tami

Publisher: Charlesbridge (2019)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 284 p., 21 cm

BTSB No: 207634

ISBN: 9781580897778

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

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 -- 20th century -- Fiction

Genres:
Historical Fiction
Multicultural
Family Life

Price: $6.50

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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.

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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.90
   Points: 10.0   Quiz: 193702

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 4.50
   Points: 15.0   Quiz: 72748

Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (01/15/18)
Booklist (+) (03/01/18)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/04/18)
The Hornbook (00/03/18)

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