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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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African American
African American girls
African American girls -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
Beauty contests
Beauty contests -- Juvenile fiction
Children's audiobooks
Children's stories
Dysfunctional families
Dysfunctional families -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction
Electronic books
Family life
Family life -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Fiction
Family problems
Family problems -- Fiction
Fiction
Geography
Geography -- Fiction
Historical
Historical fiction
History
Junior
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile fiction -- Fiction
JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American
Juvenile Literature
Juvenile works
Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Newark (N.J.) -- Juvenile fiction
New Jersey
New Jersey -- Newark
Nineteen eighties
Nineteen eighties -- Juvenile fiction
People & Places
Performing arts
Performing arts -- Fiction
School fiction
Schools
Schools -- Fiction
Schools -- New Jersey -- Juvenile fiction
Self-confidence
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction
Self-reliance
Self-reliance -- Fiction
Themes
Themes -- Fiction
Urban schools
Urban schools -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Juvenile fiction
Williams, Vanessa
Williams, Vanessa -- Fiction
Williams, Vanessa -- Juvenile fiction
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