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

I found following these 4 girls lives particularly interesting. Primarily Marisela and Yadira, who were brought over from Mexico as children and did not have documentation, since they came to the U.S. illegally with their parents. The two other girls were citizens, I believe having been born here, although I'm not entirely sure if each of their parents were here legally. The lives of the two girls who were legal U.S. citizens, Elissa and Clara were not covered as indepthly as the lives and family of Marisela and Yadira were. All of the politics kind of bored me at times and were somewhat confusing and caused my mind to wander at times, while reading. The storylines involving the girls kept my interest much more. This is my the second book I read by Helen Thorpe, the first one, Soldier Girls, I listened to on audio. I have the author's third book, The Newcomers that I hope to read later this year