This story broadens your view point of what it looks like to be a child who lives on the border of the United States and Mexico. 

The diary entry format, allows the reader to follow Julia's inner most thoughts as she struggles through the typical challenges of becoming a teenager, as well as growing up surrounded by violence & the choices her parents made in order for their family to survive. 

This story highlights the differences between what it is like to grow up on either side of the border and is a great jumping off point for discussions in late middle school, early high school classes. I wish we had read a book like this in my Spanish classes. 

Thank you OrangeSky Audio and NetGalley for this ARC of the audiobook.