An edition of Just like us (2009)

Just like us

the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

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Helen Thorpe
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An edition of Just like us (2009)

Just like us

the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

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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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Scribner
Language
English
Pages
387

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Subjects
Social conditions, Illegal aliens, Mexican American women, Social life and customs
Places
Denver (Colo.), Colorado, Denver

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Table of Contents

Introduction
pt. I. Instantaneous rate of change
1. Prom night
2. Question mark
3. Instantaneous rate of change
4. Rise and fall
5. Life's mighty question
6. American woman
7. Sympathy
8. Crash test dummy
pt. II. Many dwelling places
1. Liar, liar, liar
2. Breaking in
3. Three tens and a nine
4. Bad papers
5. Talk radio
6. Many dwelling places
7. Salon Ocampo
8. Black market
9. Comal
10. Manhunt
11. Social inequality
12. The concept of citizenship
13. Sorority girls
14. Friendly banter
15. Auto theft
16. Machismo
17. Liberación
18. Physical evidence
19. Portrait of a pariah
20. Yo pago impuestos
21. Live from the border
22. Caution
pt. III. Lo que pasó pasó (What happened happened)
1. Headwaters
2. Tancredoland
3. Guilty as charged
4. Well-ordered society
5. Blessing
6. Surprise appearance
7. Gun show
8. Laugh now, cry later
Epilogue
Acknowledgments.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.868/72073078883
Library of Congress
F784.D49 M58 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 387 p. ;
Number of pages
387

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24561409M
ISBN 10
1416538933, 1416538984, 1439166250
ISBN 13
9781416538936, 9781416538981, 9781439166253
LCCN
2009022722
OCLC/WorldCat
298777035

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