Charles, Tami,

Becoming Beatriz / Tami Charles. - 260 pages ; 22 cm

Companion to: Like Vanessa.

"In 1984 Newark, Beatriz Mendez navigates romance, gang culture, and her family's past. After her gang-leader brother is killed, Beatriz gives up her dreams of dancing in order to run the gang. But her eyes are reopened to her dream of a career in dance when the school brainiac asks her to compete in a dance competition with him--but will the gang let her go?"--

ISBN: 9781580897785 (reinforced for library use) 1580897789 (reinforced for library use)

LCCN: 2018031378

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Puerto Ricans
Haitian Americans
Hispanic American gangs
Female gang members
Teenagers
Dance
Ethnic relations
Nineteen eighties
Gangs

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]