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Like Vanessa by Tami Charles; Channie Waites; Recorded Books, Inc is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Like Vanessa about?

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.In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin's real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous Miss America stage. She struggles with a mother she barely remembers, a grandfather dealing with addiction and her own battle with self-confidence. But when a new teacher at school coordinates a beauty pageant and convinces Vanessa to enter, Vanessa's view of her own world begins to change. Vanessa discovers that her own self-worth is more than the scores of her talent performance and her interview answers, and that she doesn't need a crown to be comfortable in her own skin and see her own true beauty.'It's such an honor to be the focal point of this wonderful book! Without a doubt, it will be inspiring to a new generation of young, talented girls well on their way to promising careers.'--Vanessa Williams, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fashion Designer and star of Television, Film and the Broadway Stage'Like Vanessa has it

Who reads Like Vanessa?

Author

Tami Charles; Channie Waites; Recorded Books, Inc

Publisher

Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781980004479

Category

children's

Subjects

Fiction, Children'S, Music

Rating

4.67 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14