03944cam a2200781 4500 529467668 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781632896117 1632896117 B07M9HG4ZJ Amazon cf925c46-11ca-4516-b404-19be4b84346d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 599617 599617 599617 4629163 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Charles Tami. Becoming Beatriz [Libby]. Charlesbridge, 2019. family. Puerto Rico. Friendship. haitian. Homosexual. Puerto Rican. gangs. dance. creole. first love. Historical Fiction. Gay. Haiti. Latina. spanish. dancing. ethnicity. New Jersey. young love. Merengue. ya books. latinx. tween books for girls ages 11-14. teen girl books. books for 12 year old boys. teen fiction books. teen books for boys. books for 12 year old girls. books for 13 year old boys. books for 13 year old girls. hispanic books. book gifts. gifts for sister. gifts for dancers. fame movie. fame tv show. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 8MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:<b>"A compelling read about the quest for fame!"<br /> <i>—Debbie Allen, star of</i> Fame<br /></b><br /> <b>"Redemption is a heartbeat away."<br /> <i>—Guadalupe Garcia McCall, author of the Pura Belpre Award winner Under the Mesquite</i></b><br /> <b>Beatriz dreams of a life spent dancing—until tragedy on the day of her quinceañera changes everything.</b><br /> <b><br /></b> Up until her fifteenth birthday, the most important thing in the world to Beatriz Mendez was her dream of becoming a professional dancer and getting herself and her family far from the gang life that defined their days—that and meeting her dance idol Debbie Allen on the set of her favorite TV show, <i>Fame</i>. But after the latest battle in a constant turf war leaves her brother, Junito, dead and her mother grieving, Beatriz has a new set of priorities. How is she supposed to feel the rhythm when her brother's gang needs running, when her mami can't brush her own teeth, and when the last thing she can remember of her old self is dancing with her brother, followed by running and gunshots? When the class brainiac reminds Beatriz of her love of the dance floor, her banished dreams sneak back in. Now the only question is: will the gang let her go?<br /> Set in New Jersey in 1984, Beatriz's story is a timeless one of a teenager's navigation of romance, her brother's choices, and her own family's difficult past. A companion novel to the much-lauded <i>Like Vanessa</i>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cf925c46-11ca-4516-b404-19be4b84346d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cf925c46-11ca-4516-b404-19be4b84346d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cf925c46-11ca-4516-b404-19be4b84346d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)