AR Book Level
4.9
AR Points
10
Word Count
65,602
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
193702 EN
About this book
It is 1983, and Vanessa Martin, a 13-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 with a dysfunctional family, the odds are against her.