Agent: Michelle Brower, Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary. Julia is a sympathetic character, but Sánchez’s often expository writing keeps her and her struggles at arm’s length. As the book moves along, Julia’s frustration with the many constraints she lives under-poverty, family expectations, and conditioning that she resents but can’t quite ignore-reaches dangerous levels. Sánchez’s debut novel covers a lot of ground, including Julia’s day-to-day activities in Chicago, her college ambitions, her first boyfriend (who is white and comes from a wealthy neighborhood), her difficult relationship with her overprotective parents, and her search for Olga’s secrets. And when she starts to suspect that Olga might not have been so perfect, she follows every clue. When Olga dies suddenly, Julia is left wishing that they had been closer and grieving what she sees as Olga’s wasted life. Julia, by contrast, argues with her mother, talks back at school, and dreams of becoming a famous writer. Erika is fluent in Spanish, Spanglish, and cat. She lives in Chicago, not far from the setting of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Why isn’t 15-year-old Julia Reyes a perfect Mexican daughter in her mother’s eyes? Mostly because of her older sister, Olga, who puts family first, listens to her parents, and dresses conservatively. 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 colorwhat she wanted to read as a young adult. "- The New York Times " Unique and fresh. 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. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. But it's not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. 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. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. National Book Award Finalist Instant New York Times Bestseller 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.
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