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Erika L. Sanchez: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (2017, Alfred A Knopf Inc., an imprint of Random House Children's Books) 5 stars

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out …

A MUST READ.

5 stars

Sanchez gifts us with a riveting account of the Mexican-American experience while tackling uncomfortable topics such as trauma and grief with beautiful candor. The main character, Julia, navigates what it means to come into her own against her family's wishes while unraveling the truth about her dead "perfect" Mexican sister. Simply put: a MUST read.