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 Becoming Beatriz
 Author: Charles, Tami

 Publisher:  Charlesbridge Teen (2022)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 260 p.,  21 cm

 BTSB No: 207622 ISBN: 9781580897785
 Ages: 14-18 Grades: 9-12

 Subjects:
 Puerto Ricans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Fiction
 Hispanic Americans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Fiction
 Haitian Americans -- Fiction
 Gangs -- Fiction
 Dance -- Fiction
 Nineteen eighties -- Fiction
 Newark (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

Price: $10.65

Summary:
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?

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: UG
   Reading Level: 4.60
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 504970

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (07/15/19)
   School Library Journal (00/12/21)
   Booklist (07/01/19)
 The Hornbook (00/09/19)

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