Yo No Soy Tu Perfecta Hija Mexicana (I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter)

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Random House

Annotation: When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed.

Genre: [Foreign languages] [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #202585

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Publisher: Random House

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 10/16/18

Pages: 288 p.

ISBN: Publisher: 0-525-56432-2 Perma-Bound: 0-7804-6900-3

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-525-56432-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-7804-6900-6

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2018377461

Dimensions: 21 cm

Subject Heading:
Sisters. Fiction.
Mothers and daughters. Fiction.
Grief. Fiction.
Mexican Americans. Fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Hermanas. Novela. slem.
Relacion madre-hija. Novela. slem.
Pena. Novela. slem.
Mexicoamericanos. Novela. slem.
Materiales lectura en idioma espanol. slem.

Language: Spanish

Word Count: 81,040

Reading Level: 4.7

Interest Level: 9-12

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.7 / points: 12.0 / quiz: 193218 / grade: Upper Grades

Finalista del National Book Award!
Bestseller del New York Times!
TIMES 2020, los 100 mejores libros juveniles de todos los tiempos

Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atrás a Julia para ocuparse de las secuelas.

Sus padres, quienes inmigraron ilegalmente a Chicago desde México en busca de una vida mejor, están inconsolables. La madre de Julia parece canalizar su dolor para señalar de todas las maneras posibles que Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta que Olga era. Pero Julia pronto descubre que Olga puede haber tenido secretos, también. Con la ayuda de su mejor amiga Lorena, Julia está decidida a descubrirlo. ¿Era Olga realmente lo que parecía? ¿O había algo más en la historia de su hermana? Y de cualquier manera, ¿cómo puede Julia incluso intentar vivir a la altura de un ideal aparentemente imposible?

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National Book Award Finalist!
Instant New York Times Bestseller!
TIMES 2020 100 Best YA of All Times

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.

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 love (first everything), 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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