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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce interweaves her own story with cultural commentary in a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans. "You sound like a white girl." These were the words spoken to Julissa by a high school crush as she...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game...
Author
Language
Español
Description
El diseñador y creador del universo dejó miles de promesas escritas para ti..¡Conócelas y vístete de ellas! Julissa, la reconocida cantautora y líder de adoración, abre su corazón para compartir contigo cómo las promesas que Dios declara en su Palabra la han bendecido durante años, no solo en su carrera ministerial, sino en todods los aspectos de su vida como mujer, esposa y madre. Ella presenta el extraordinario amor de Dios vertido en...
Author
Language
English
Description
Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce beautifully interweaves her own experiences with cultural commentary to dispel the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America, and instead calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences the actually make us Americans.
Arce, who came to live in Texas from Mexico at age 11, shares the story of her assimilation to...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Julissa Arce explores her days in Mexico separated from her parents and her daily fears while growing up undocumented in Texas"--
A remarkable true story from social justice advocate and national bestselling author Julissa Arce about her journey to belong in America while growing up undocumented in Texas. Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for months at a time with her two sisters, a nanny, and her grandma...
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible,...