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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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Authors
Charles, Tami
Subjects
Williams, Vanessa--Fiction.
African American girls--Fiction.
Beauty contests--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Self-confidence--Fiction.
Nineteen eighties--Fiction.
Language
English
Dimensions
22 cm.