What does Julia consider to be a perfect Mexican daughter?
Julia is constantly having to choose between two lives: being Mexican, and as such being the perfect Mexican daughter, and being American, which for her means living independently and living her dreams.
What is the main idea of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
In I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, the vibrant teen protagonist struggles to prove who she is not, and in that journey, discovers who she is: stronger, braver, more worthy of loving and living than she ever imagined.
What age is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter for?
Ages 14–up.
What type of genre is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
Domestic Fiction
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How does Julia change in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
Julia’s depression improves with counseling and medication. She and Connor spend time together again. Her relationship with her parents improves, and she develops a friendship with Juanga. She’s most excited when she gets a full scholarship to a college in New York.
What is Julia’s mother attempting to do by throwing her a quinceanera?
The large, gaudy, and rather sad quinceañera party Julia’s Amá and Apá throw for her is a symbol of their desire to transform Julia into the “perfect Mexican daughter” they believe her deceased older sister Olga always was.
What is the ultimate secret that Olga was hiding *?
When Julia, desperate to learn more about what Olga was hiding, hacks her way into Olga’s laptop, she discovers that her sister was sleeping with a married man for years—and later learns that Olga was even pregnant with his child at the time of her death.
Is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter based on a true story?
The characters in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter are so relatable. Are they based on people in your life? Some of them are, but it’s impossible to say what is “true” and what isn’t, or draw exact parallels between characters and real people. Many are a fictionalized hodgepodge of people and experiences.
Where does Julia live in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
Chicago
In I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER, Julia Reyes lives with her parents and older sister, Olga, in a Chicago neighborhood filled with graffiti, gangs, and cockroaches.
What happens to Julia’s mom in I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
Julia learns that a teacher raped one of her current teachers when her teacher was 17. She also finds out her mother was raped while crossing the border from Mexico into the United States.
Why don t AMA and Julia buy a dress for the school dance?
Julia decides to attend the school dance because the host of the after-party has a sister who went to school with Olga. Amá offers to buy Julia a new dress, but the shopping trip is frustrating for both of them because they have differing standards of beauty and modesty. Julia borrows a dress from Lorena instead.
Why is Julia acting so angry towards her sister Olga as she lies in her casket?
Julia is angry because she doesn’t understand why the man feels he needs to forgive his son.