Just like us
Subtitle: the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America
By: Helen Thorpe.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781416538936; 9781416538981; 9781439166253
Subjects: Mexican American women -- Colorado -- Denver -- Social conditions; Illegal aliens -- Colorado -- Denver; Denver (Colo.) -- Social conditions; Denver (Colo.) -- Social life and customs
Description: "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.