I Am Not your Perfect Mexican Daughter Lesson Plan

Do you think the use of swear words in a young adult novel is appropriate? Why do you think Sánchez chooses to include so much swearing?

A student who says swearing is appropriate for a young adult novel might reflect on the fact that young adults swear, so it’s an accurate way to represent them. Furthermore, if an author, like Sánchez, wants young readers to relate to a text, a good way to do that is to accurately represent them well and make them feel mature enough to read and understand swear words. Another point they might make to support the appropriateness of swearing in a YA novel is to recognize the impact of language on characterization and setting. In the...