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1) Like Vanessa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
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footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
2) China room
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A transfixing novel about two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves--one from the expectations of women in early 20th century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora. Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family's "china room,"...
Series
Reba volume 4
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
3-disc collector's ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (484 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It takes a lot of heart to keep a family like this one together. Amid Brock and Barbra Jean's marital troubles, Cheyenne's personal struggles, Van's career crisis and Kyra's growing pains, Reba somehow manages to keep the whole family functioning at a level just above dysfunctional.
Series
Reba volume 3
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
3-disc collector's ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (496 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
First Reba Hart had to get used to the fact that her husband of twenty years left her to marry his young dental assistant. Now she has to face the fact that her youngest daughter wants to go live with her ex-husband and his new wife. Hurt and angry, Reba struggles to accept her daughter's decision. But when her son also starts spending more time at his father's house, Reba fears she's losing her whole family. Although with her ex-husband's new wife...
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