The Resource Becoming Beatriz, Tami Charles
Becoming Beatriz, Tami Charles
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The item Becoming Beatriz, Tami Charles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Becoming Beatriz, Tami Charles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- 1984, in the barrios of Newark. Beatriz Mendez is looking forward to dancing at her fifteenth birthday, because dancing is her true passion in life. When her brother Juni, gang-leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Diablos, is killed by the rival Haitian Macoute gang she finds herself thrust into the role of gang-leader and drug dealer. She meets Nassar, a dorky Haitian boy who shares and reignites her passion for dancing. Will Beatriz choose the life decided for her-- or the one she creates for herself? -- adapted from run-on sentence provided, and jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Note
- Companion to: Like Vanessa
- Isbn
- 9781580897785
- Label
- Becoming Beatriz
- Title
- Becoming Beatriz
- Statement of responsibility
- Tami Charles
- Subject
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- Ethnic relations -- Fiction
- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Female gang members -- Fiction
- Female gang members -- Juvenile fiction
- Gangs -- Fiction
- Gangs -- Juvenile fiction
- Haitian Americans -- Fiction
- Haitian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey | Newark -- Fiction
- Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American teenagers -- Fiction
- Hispanic American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Dance -- Fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction
- Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey | Newark -- Fiction
- Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Teenagers -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Dance -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 1984, in the barrios of Newark. Beatriz Mendez is looking forward to dancing at her fifteenth birthday, because dancing is her true passion in life. When her brother Juni, gang-leader of the Puerto Rican gang the Diablos, is killed by the rival Haitian Macoute gang she finds herself thrust into the role of gang-leader and drug dealer. She meets Nassar, a dorky Haitian boy who shares and reignites her passion for dancing. Will Beatriz choose the life decided for her-- or the one she creates for herself? -- adapted from run-on sentence provided, and jacket
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Charles, Tami
- Dewey number
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- 813.6
- Fic
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 690L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 4.6
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Puerto Ricans
- Haitian Americans
- Hispanic American gangs
- Female gang members
- Teenagers
- Dance
- Ethnic relations
- Nineteen eighties
- Newark (N.J.)
- Hispanic American teenagers
- Gangs
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Becoming Beatriz, Tami Charles
- Note
- Companion to: Like Vanessa
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1055567670
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781580897785
- Lccn
- 2018031378
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o1055567670
- 1341639
- (OCoLC)1055567670
- Label
- Becoming Beatriz, Tami Charles
- Note
- Companion to: Like Vanessa
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1055567670
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781580897785
- Lccn
- 2018031378
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1055567670
- 1341639
- (OCoLC)1055567670
Subject
- Ethnic relations -- Fiction
- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Female gang members -- Fiction
- Female gang members -- Juvenile fiction
- Gangs -- Fiction
- Gangs -- Juvenile fiction
- Haitian Americans -- Fiction
- Haitian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey | Newark -- Fiction
- Hispanic American gangs -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Hispanic American teenagers -- Fiction
- Hispanic American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Dance -- Fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction
- Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey | Newark -- Fiction
- Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Teenagers -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Dance -- Juvenile fiction
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