Format:
Book
Title:
Just like us : the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America / Helen Thorpe.
Author:
Thorpe, Helen, 1963-
Call Number:
C305.86872 T398ju 2009
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Description:
viii, 387 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"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.
Subjects:
Mexican American women -- Colorado -- Denver -- Social conditions.
Noncitizens -- Colorado -- Denver.
Illegal immigration.
Undocumented immigrants.
Denver (Colo.) -- Social conditions.
Denver (Colo.) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781416538936 (hard cover)
1416538933 (hard cover)
9781416538981 (trade pbk.)