You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Criminology Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a

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

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

people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives will increasingly thrive

Along the way they encounter new haints who are dead set on preventing their progress north to Tristan's hometown of Chicago

You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Criminology Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives aNationally 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