I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez · Grades 9–12
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez is on US reading lists at grades 9–12. It appears on 1 list: the Land of Enchantment Book Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Ages 14–18 · Grades 9–12 · 352 pages. The button opens the hardcover edition (ISBN 9781524700485). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
This page shows where I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
Reading level at a glance
- Grade range
- Grades 9–12
- Age range
- Ages 14–18
- Pages
- 352
- Reading time
- about 6h 25m (est.)
- ISBN-13
- 9781524700485
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-24; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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Where this book is recommended
Land of Enchantment Book Award
- recommended·9th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 2021 Black Bear winner
- recommended·10th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 2021 Black Bear winner
- recommended·11th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 2021 Black Bear winner
- recommended·12th grade · New Mexicosource: Land of Enchantment Book Award committee (NM Library Association) — official list of past winners 1981-2021 and 2026 winners — 2021 Black Bear winner
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Common questions
- What grade level is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is listed for grades 9–12. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
- It takes about 6h 25m to read I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (352 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 385 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter?
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter appears on reading lists for Land of Enchantment Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter banned in schools?
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally. See the banned books list by state.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
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- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 9–12 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.