Like Vanessa Mary Pope Osborne Connie—one of the few girls

Connie—one of the few girls Jazz feels comfortable around given his father's history: his dad may have murdered dozens of women

comes a romance that will break your heart

Did you know that a Deinonychus was about the size of a mountain lion

Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects

it also illuminates the history of Japan and its own struggles with racism and xenophobia

Like Vanessa Mary Pope Osborne Connie—one of the few girlsTitle: Like Vanessa Author: Tami Charles Publisher: Recorded Books ISBN: 9781980012887 SKU: 66296 Release Date: 08 10 18 Genre: Children Grade Level: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade Fiction Description : 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 her own beauty pageant. In this semi autobiographical debut novel set in