FIRST PERSON FICTION: CALL ME MARIA

A 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 culture of the barrio. Finally, with the Spanglish of the barrio people ringing in her ears, she finds the poet within herself.

In lush prose and spare, evocative poetry, Cofer weaves a powerful novel, bursting with life and hope.

Un nou roman al autorului premiat al AN ISLAND LIKE YOU, castigator al Premiului Pura Belpre. Maria este o fata prinsa intre doua lumi: Puerto Rico, unde s-a nascut, si New York, unde locuieste acum intr-un subsol apartament in barrio. In timp ce mama ei ramane pe insula, Maria locuieste cu tatal ei, superul cladirii lor.