I am not your perfect Mexican daughter /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 344 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781524700492
- 1524700495
- 9781524700485
- 1524700487
- 9781524700515
- I'm not your perfect Mexican daughter
- [Fic] 23
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Standard Loan | Coeur d'Alene Library Young Adult Fiction | Coeur d'Alene Library | Book | YA SANCHEZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021061952 | |||
Standard Loan | Hayden Library Young Adult Fiction | Hayden Library | Book | SANCHEZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021148577 | |||
Standard Loan | Liberty Lake Library Young Adult Fiction | Liberty Lake Library | Book | YA SANCHEZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31421000645532 | ||||
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National Book Award Finalist!
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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 boyfriend 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?
" Alive and crackling --a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner . "-- The New York Times
" Unique and fresh ." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A standout ." --NPR
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.
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Library Journal Review
Olga was always the good girl. She stayed home after high school, got a job as a receptionist, took classes at the local college, and helped her family-until she died in a car crash. Her family is left in pieces as they try to navigate life without their beloved daughter. Julia, her younger sister, is not what her mother would call a good girl. She is opinionated, has no desire to clean or cook, and can't wait to move out. Her parents spend their days mourning for their favorite child, and Julia spends her nights sifting through Olga's room. Olga seemed like the perfect daughter but even the dead have their secrets. Julia uncovers small clues that make her believe that Olga wasn't exactly whom everyone thought she was and follows the thread to learn more about her sibling. Kyla Garcia's narration creates a rich cast of characters. Verdict This coming-of-age story will have tremendous crossover appeal. The protagonist is smart and complex, and the story of family expectations and culture clashes will resonate with many listeners.-Katie Llera, South Bound Brook, NJ © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Publishers Weekly Review
For the audio edition of Sánchez's YA novel, actor Garcia plays up the resentment, guilt, and disbelief of a tough-as-nails protagonist grieving the death of her older sister. Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes always saw herself as the rebel of the family, while her older sister, Olga, was the perfect one, whom their parents favored. After Olga is killed in a traffic accident, Julia starts to lash out at everyone around her. Actor Garcia perfects Julia's hardened exterior and presents her gritty attitude not as an act of defiance, but rather in terms of her determination to leave her Chicago home and lead a full life, in part because her sister will never have that opportunity. Though Sánchez packs multiple plot lines into the book, including Julia's suicide attempt and her fling with a rich boy from the suburbs, Garcia's reading helps situate them into the larger emotional journey of coming-of-age while grieving the tragic death of a family member. The result is a powerful audiobook. Ages 14-up. A Knopf hardcover. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.School Library Journal Review
Gr 10 Up--Olga was always the good girl. She stayed home after high school, got a job as a receptionist, took classes at the local college, and always helped her family-until she died in a car crash. Her family is left in pieces as they try to navigate life without their beloved daughter. Julia, her younger sister, is complex, smart, and opinionated. She has no desire to clean or learn how to cook and can't wait to move out. Julia spends her nights sifting through Olga's room and uncovers small clues that make her believe that Olga wasn't exactly who she thought she was. Kyla Garcia's narration creates a rich cast of characters, and Sanchez's writing is spot-on with her depiction of teenage life that is timeless. This story will resonate with many listeners who have felt lonely within their own families. VERDICT This coming-of-age story about acceptance of yourself, as well as your family and culture, is a definite purchase.-Katie Llera, Bound Brook High School, NJ © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Booklist Review
Julia's older sister, Olga, was always polite, respected her parents, and eagerly took up the Mexican traditions her mother insisted upon. After Olga dies in a car accident, Julia is thrust into a spotlight she's not ready for. She's too angry, too unappreciative, too American, which results in her mother shutting out her social and love life. Then Julia discovers Olga's trove of secrets, which hint at a hidden life. As Julia pursues the mystery of the real Olga, she begins to find out that more than one of her family members has secrets. This bildungsroman immigrant story captures the chaotic life of a young person trying to navigate two worlds while trying to follow her own path. Julia wants to leave Chicago and attend college, while a perfect Mexican daughter would stay put, get a job, and contribute to the family. Sánchez weaves these threads along with a tragic story of distant sisters to create an earnest and heartfelt tale that will resonate with teens.--Suarez, Reinhardt Copyright 2017 BooklistHorn Book Review
When her older sister, Olga, dies, Julia discovers Olga was not the perfect Mexican daughter everybody thought she was. Julia, who longs to be a writer and leave her poor Chicago neighborhood behind, must decide whether she should keep Olgas secret or tell her parents the truth, all the while fending off her own depression and her mothers unrealistic expectations. Julias sardonic wit results in laugh-out-loud moments, which balance the intense mother-daughter arguments. Garcias engaging reading adds new dimension to the book through her expressive voices (Julia is prickly yet vulnerable) and individual accents for each character. julie hakim azzam (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Kirkus Book Review
After the death of her dutiful older sister, Olga, Julia must deal with grieving parents and the discovery that her sister was keeping secrets.Fifteen-year-old Julia Reyes is nothing like her sister, "Saint Olga," who was struck by a semi at age 22 and was always the family's "perfect Mexican daughter": contributing at home, attending community college, working at a doctor's office, and helping their mother clean houses. Julia, on the other hand, hates living in her roach-infested apartment building in their predominantly Latinx Chicago neighborhood, and she doesn't even try to live up to her Am and Ap's expectations that she behave like a proper Mexican young lady. After secretly snooping through Olga's room, Julia begins to suspect that Olga may have led a double life. In one of many overlong subplots, Julia starts a romance with a rich Evanston white boy, Connor, whom she meets at a used bookstore. Snchez's prose is authentic, but it's difficult to root for Julia, because she's so contemptuous, judgmental, and unpleasant: "I do dislike most people and most things"from "nosy" aunts, "idiot" cousins, and tacky quinceaera parties to even her "wild and slutty" best friend, Lorena, at least sometimes. An abrupt plot development involving self-harm and mental illness feels forced, as does a magically life-changing trip to Mexico in the third act. This gritty contemporary novel about an unlikable first-generation Mexican-American teen fails to deliver as a coming-of-age journey. (Fiction. 14-17) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Erika L. Sánchez is a poet, a feminist, and a cheerleader for young women everywhere. She was the sex and love advice columnist for Cosmopolitan for Latinas for three years, and her writing has appeared in the Rolling Stone, Salon, and the Paris Review. Since she was a 12-year-old nerd in giant bifocals and embroidered vests, Erika has dreamed of writing complex, empowering stories about girls of color--what she wanted to read as a young adult. She lives in Chicago, not far from the setting of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter . Erika is fluent in Spanish, Spanglish, and cat. You can find out more about her at erikalsanchez.com or @erikalsanchez.There are no comments on this title.