Title: I am not your perfect mexican daughter
Author: Erika L. Sanchez
Series: n/a
Recommended for: Teen
Pages: 344
Call Number/Link: TEEN FICTION SANCHEZ, E.
Synopsis: Wow, what a refreshing book that I can relate to as a young woman that grew up in the US with parents that were immigrants. A little sad but it hits upon what the feelings are for a girl that grows up as first generation in America. This is a great book for grades 8th or 9th grade and up.
Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.
But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role.
Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first kiss, first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister’s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?
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