First Person Fiction: Call Me Maria Children's Self-Esteem Books making the Dashwoods feel like

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It's Time for a Revolution

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First Person Fiction: Call Me Maria Children's Self-Esteem Books making the Dashwoods feel likeA new novel from the award winning author of AN ISLAND LIKE YOU, winner of the Pura Belpre Award. 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 barrio. While her mother remains on the island, Maria lives with her father, the super of their building. As she struggles to lose her island accent, Maria does her best to find her place within the unfamiliar