51 pages • 1 hour read
Helen ThorpeJust Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Why do you think the author begins her book with the story of the prom?
Why do you think Elissa says she feels more Mexican than American?
The author spends a good deal of time writing about the platform of politician Tom Tancredo. Why does she do so?
Why do you think the author meets and profiles Isbel Morales, the person whose identify Alma steals?
When Luke, an Anglo student, plays the board game Marisela and her classmates have devised about immigration, he does not experience it in the same way. Why do you think this is?
Why do you think the girls don’t feel comfortable speaking in many of their college classes?
What is the effect of Tom Tancredo’s rhetoric on the political climate and the discussion around immigration?
Did this book shift your thinking about illegal immigration? Why or why not?
What similarities and differences does the author feel towards the girls she writes about?
How do you think Yadira and Marisela have changed over the course of their high school and college careers?
