Like Vanessa
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The work Like Vanessa represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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Like Vanessa
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The work Like Vanessa represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- Like Vanessa
- Statement of responsibility
- Tami Charles
- Subject
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- Dysfunctional families -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction
- African American girls -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Urban schools -- New Jersey | Newark -- Juvenile fiction
- Williams, Vanessa -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction
- Beauty contests -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- Dewey number
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- 813.6
- Fic
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 730L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PZ7.1.C4915
- LC item number
- Li 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 4.9
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
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