Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America

Written by Helen Thorpe

Narrated by Paula Christensen

What citizenship really means, to those who have it, and those who don't.--Helen Thorpe tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. All four girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair see a clear path forward. Their friendships start to divide along lines of immigration status.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jan 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781666595123

Helen Thorpe

Helen Thorpe was born in London and grew up in Medford, New Jersey. Her journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Texas Monthly, and Slate. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Soundprint. She is also the author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us. Her work has won the Colorado Book Award and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. She lives in Denver, Colorado.