You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Criminology Filled with the voices of

Filled with the voices of mothers and daughters

utterly romantic debut novel about two teens who relive their tragic love story over and over until they uncover what they must do to change their fate

As ZJ contemplates his new reality

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father

who couldn’t deal with the injury

You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Criminology Filled with the voices ofNationally 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