Like Vanessa
By: Tami Charles
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Watertown, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781580897778
Subjects: Self-confidence; Urban schools; Dysfunctional families; Juvenile fiction; Nineteen eighties; African American girls; Beauty contests; History
Description: In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin s real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous Miss America stage. She struggles with an incarcerated mother she barely remembers, a grandfather dealing with addiction and her own battle with self-confidence. But when a new teacher at school coordinates a beauty pageant and convinces Vanessa to enter, Vanessa s view of her own world begins to change.
Notes: 678 Childrens Plus, Inc.

730 Lexile.

Accelerated Reader AR 4.9 10.0 193702.

Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 10 193702