Becoming Beatriz av Tami Charles

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<b><b>"A compelling read about the quest for fame!"</b><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><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 h