Middle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America, by reluctantly entering the school beauty pageant. The history behind Vanessa Williams’s Miss America win.
Topics African American girls. Newark, New Jersey. Beauty contests. Dysfunctional families. Urban schools. Self-confidence. The 1980s. Family problems. Family life.
SRC Level 4.500000
SRC Points 15.000000
Lexile 730L
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Classroom
Publication date 2018-03-12
JLG Release Date Mar 2018
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
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