Showing Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe

Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 416 Publisher: Scribner Written by a GIFTED journalist. a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in the Denver-two of whom have legal documentation. Two of whom who do not- and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream.Just Like Ustakes readers on a compelling journey with four young Mexican-American women who have lived in the US since childhood. Exploring not only the women's personal life stories. this book also delves deep into an American subculture and the complex and controversial politics that surround the issue of immigration.The story opens on the eve of the girls' senior prom in Denver. Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States. all four want to make it into college and succeed. but only two have immigration papers. Meanwhile. after a Mexican immigrant shoots ...