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Just Like Us
The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
By Thorpe, Helen
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- 978-1-41653-893-6
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- Scribner
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Reviewed on July 15, 2009
Journalist Thorpe, who is, incidentally, the wife of Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, portrays the complex web of politics, immigration issues, sex and drugs, forged IDs, jobs and education, family troubles, and deportations involved with immigration laws. She chose four senior girls at Roosevelt High School in Denver, where over 85 percent of the students are Latino, and followed them for five yea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More