You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Criminology As ZJ contemplates his new

As ZJ contemplates his new reality

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

her first career-spanning volume

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

and personal circumstances

You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Criminology As ZJ contemplates his newNationally 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