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Language
English
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
Description
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.
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