Like Vanessa / Tami Charles.
| Author/creator | Charles, Tami author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 284 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | 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 the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter. |
| General note | "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket back. |
| Audience | 730 Lexile |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader |
| Awards note | Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| LCCN | 2016053961 |
| ISBN | 9781580897778 (reinforced for library use) |
| ISBN | 1580897770 |
| ISBN | 9781580898997 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1580898998 |