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ENGLISH BOOK DESCRIPTION
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 鈥� A 鈥渟tunning鈥� (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.
鈥淎live and crackling鈥攁 gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. 鈥濃��The New York Times

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents鈥� house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.
But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga鈥檚 role.
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. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
But it鈥檚 not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister鈥檚 story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?

SPANISH BOOK DESCRIPTION
Finalista del National Book Award!
Bestseller del New York Times!
Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se qued贸 en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sue帽os y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle m谩s concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atr谩s a Julia para ocuparse de las secuelas.
Sus padres, quienes inmigraron ilegalmente a Chicago desde M茅xico en busca de una vida mejor, est谩n inconsolables. La madre de Julia parece canalizar su dolor para se帽alar de todas las maneras posibles que Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta que Olga era. Pero Julia pronto descubre que Olga puede haber tenido secretos, tambi茅n. Con la ayuda de su mejor amiga Lorena, Julia est谩 decidida a descubrirlo. 驴Era Olga realmente lo que parec铆a? 驴O hab铆a algo m谩s en la historia de su hermana? Y de cualquier manera, 驴c贸mo puede Julia incluso intentar vivir a la altura de un ideal aparentemente imposible?

ENGLISH BOOK DESCRIPTION
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 鈥� A 鈥渟tunning鈥� (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.
鈥淎live and crackling鈥攁 gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. 鈥濃��The New York Times

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents鈥� house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.
But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga鈥檚 role.
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. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
But it鈥檚 not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister鈥檚 story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?

SPANISH BOOK DESCRIPTION
Finalista del National Book Award!
Bestseller del New York Times!
Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se qued贸 en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sue帽os y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle m谩s concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atr谩s a Julia para ocuparse de las secuelas.
Sus padres, quienes inmigraron ilegalmente a Chicago desde M茅xico en busca de una vida mejor, est谩n inconsolables. La madre de Julia parece canalizar su dolor para se帽alar de todas las maneras posibles que Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta que Olga era. Pero Julia pronto descubre que Olga puede haber tenido secretos, tambi茅n. Con la ayuda de su mejor amiga Lorena, Julia est谩 decidida a descubrirlo. 驴Era Olga realmente lo que parec铆a? 驴O hab铆a algo m谩s en la historia de su hermana? Y de cualquier manera, 驴c贸mo puede Julia incluso intentar vivir a la altura de un ideal aparentemente imposible?

ENGLISH BOOK DESCRIPTION
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 鈥� A 鈥渟tunning鈥� (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.
鈥淎live and crackling鈥攁 gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. 鈥濃��The New York Times

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents鈥� house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.
But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga鈥檚 role.
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. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
But it鈥檚 not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister鈥檚 story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?

SPANISH BOOK DESCRIPTION
Finalista del National Book Award!
Bestseller del New York Times!
Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se qued贸 en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sue帽os y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle m谩s concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atr谩s a Julia para ocuparse de las secuelas.
Sus padres, quienes inmigraron ilegalmente a Chicago desde M茅xico en busca de una vida mejor, est谩n inconsolables. La madre de Julia parece canalizar su dolor para se帽alar de todas las maneras posibles que Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta que Olga era. Pero Julia pronto descubre que Olga puede haber tenido secretos, tambi茅n. Con la ayuda de su mejor amiga Lorena, Julia est谩 decidida a descubrirlo. 驴Era Olga realmente lo que parec铆a? 驴O hab铆a algo m谩s en la historia de su hermana? Y de cualquier manera, 驴c贸mo puede Julia incluso intentar vivir a la altura de un ideal aparentemente imposible?