School of Charm

By Lisa Ann Scott

Subjects: Race relations, fiction, History, Family life, Juvenile fiction, North carolina, fiction, Fiction, Beauty contests, Families, Beauty contests, fiction, Self-perception, fiction, Children's fiction, Individuality, Race relations, NEW LIST 20140430, Family life, fiction, Self-perception, Individuality, fiction

Description: After her beloved father's death in 1977, eleven-year-old tomboy Chip tries to fit with her family of beauty queens, making unlikely new friends at Miss Vernie's unusual charm school in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.