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Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
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Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America Hardcover - 2009

by Thorpe, Helen

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"Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream.

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  • Title Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
  • Author Thorpe, Helen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner Book Company, NY
  • Date 2009-09
  • Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5D4XVM0000J6_ns
  • ISBN 9781416538936 / 1416538933
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.12 x 6.36 x 1.18 in (23.16 x 16.15 x 3.00 cm)
  • Reading level 1100
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Chicano
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Mexican American women - Social conditions, Immigrants - United States - Social
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009022722
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.868

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2009, Page 14
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2009, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 07/15/2009, Page 114
  • New Yorker (The), 01/04/2010, Page 73
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/25/2009, Page 48

About the author

Helen Thorpe is a journalist, focusing on politics and culture. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, Texas Monthly, The Texas Observer, and George magazine. She was born in London, England, and grew up in Medford, New Jersey