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24 alternatives to How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents

Racial identity as an American-born kid with ethnic roots

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Brown Girl Dreaming▲60

   Growing up African American in the 60s + 70s

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   American Girls▲67

   Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   American Girls▲60

   Social media and the secret lives of teenagers

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Immigrants▲69

   Your country needs them

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   This American Life - The Problem We All Live With▲62

   Examining racism in the public school system

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Americanah▲61

   A powerful, tender story of race and identity

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The New Jim Crow▲73

   Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Sellout▲66

   Satire remarking on race issues in the US

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Silent History▲60

   The story of a generation of unusual children

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Gene▲64

    An Intimate History

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    How to American, by Jimmy O. Yang▲187

    An immigrant's guide to disappointing your parents 📚

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    How To Build a Girl▲70

    Coming of age story

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Secret Code▲68

    A customizable children's book that breaks stereotypes

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Before the dawn▲66

    Recovering the lost history of our ancestors

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Minor King▲64

    American Fiction

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance▲66

    The story of Barack Obama

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Drum Dream Girl▲55

    Girls can't be drummers... Or can they?

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Gene: An Intimate History▲74

    A magnificent history of the gene

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    We the People▲63

    The second generation of Founding Fathers

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Vanishers▲68

    Power struggle between student and mentor

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Total Recall▲66

    The greatest immigrant success story of our time

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Ungifted▲63

    Intelligence redefined

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Stranger in My Genes▲5

    A Memoir

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →