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1) My (Underground) American Dream: Mi historia real de cómo siendo una inmigrante indocumentada llegué a ser una ejecutiva de Wall Street

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Arce, Julissa

Publisher

Center Street

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

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What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of family must she come from? How could she get into this country? What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United States?
JULISSA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just plain wrong.
On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream:...

2) My (underground) American dream: my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a Wall Street executive

Author

Arce, Julissa

Publisher

Center Street, Hachette Book Group

Pub. Date

c2016.

Language

English

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c2016.	First edition.	Center Street, Hachette Book Group	viii, 296 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Biography 1 available B ARCE J Columbia Pike - Adult Biography 1 available B ARCE J	More Info Place Hold

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"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...

3) Someone like me: how one undocumented girl fought for her American dream

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Arce, Julissa

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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[2018]	First edition.	Little, Brown and Company	226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm	English	Available Central - Kids Biography 1 available JB ARCE J Columbia Pike - Kids Biography 1 available JB ARCE J	More Info Place Hold

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"Julissa Arce explores her days in Mexico separated from her parents and her daily fears while growing up undocumented in Texas"--

4) Alguien como yo: la lucha de una niña indocumentada por alcanzar el sueño Americano

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Arce, Julissa

Publisher

Vintage Español, Una división de Penguin Random House LLC

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

Español

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[2020]	Primera edición Vintage Español.	Vintage Español, Una división de Penguin Random House LLC	220 pages ; 21 cm	Español	Available Central - Kids World Languages 1 available J/SPA JB ARCE J	More Info Place Hold

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La impresionante historia de la activista social y autora de éxito nacional Julissa Arce sobre su niñez en Texas y su lucha por alcanzar su Sueño Americano, aun siendo indocumentada. Nacida en Taxco, México, Julissa Arce se quedaba en su pintoresco pueblo durante meses con sus dos hermanas, una niñera y su abuela, mientras que sus padres viajaban incansablemente a Estados Unidos con la esperanza de construir una casa y buscar mejores oportunidades...

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Julissa Arce

1) My (Underground) American Dream: Mi historia real de cómo siendo una inmigrante indocumentada llegué a ser una ejecutiva de Wall Street

2) My (underground) American dream: my true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a Wall Street executive

3) Someone like me: how one undocumented girl fought for her American dream

4) Alguien como yo: la lucha de una niña indocumentada por alcanzar el sueño Americano