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Gr 5-8 Through a mixture of poems, letters, and prose, Mar'a gradually reveals herself as a true student of language and life. Her family has decided that she and her father will leave her mother in Puerto Rico and make a home for themselves in a New York City barrio. The vibrancy of her life is reflected in her growing friendships with Whoopee and Uma, two girls in her building, where her father is el Super. Eventually, she becomes tr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When her Papi moves back to the New York barrio, while Mami stays home in Puerto Rico, María must "decide between parents, languages, climates, futures." She chooses the barrio in order to attend American high school and prepare for college, and because Papi "needs me more." In prose, poems, and letters, María tells of her adjustment to life in the barrio and of the beautiful island she has...Log In or Sign Up to Read More