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Call Me Maria

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By Judith Ortiz Cofer
Publisher Scholastic, Inc. - (Orchard Books)
Call Me Maria
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Maria is a girl caught between two worlds Puerto Rico, where she was born, and New York, where she now lives in a basement apartment in the barrios. In lush prose and spare, evocative poetry, Cofer weaves a powerful and emotionally satisfying novel.

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19041 words19,041 words
144 pages144 pages
Lexile 970LLexile 970L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2004Published 2004

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Book ISBN:

9780439385770

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