‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’ is a fantastic teenage rage novel

Erika L. Sánchez is completely over the idea that female characters shouldn’t be angry.

“I think that’s a bunch of crap. I don’t see why girls aren’t allowed to be mad. We have so much to be mad about,” Sánchez says. An early draft of her book I Am Not Your Perfect Daughter, our November MashReads pick, was rejected by agents who thought Sánchez’s main character was too angry.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter follows Julia Reyes, a 15-year-old Mexican American girl growing up in Chicago. After the sudden and tragic death of her sister Olga, Julia is suddenly put on the spotlight, being compared to her sister who was perfect in her parents eyes. But as Julia deals with the grief of Olga’s death, she soon learns that perhaps her sister wasn’t as perfect as she seemed. Read more…

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