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My Name Is Maria Isabel


School year: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

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No. of pages 64

Published: 2009

Great for age 7-11 years

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A third grader realizes the importance of her name in this classic story of heritage and self-identity.For Mara Isabel Salazar Lpez, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. "We already have two Maras in this class," says her teacher. "Why don't we call you Mary instead?" But Mara Isabel has been named for her Pap's mother and for Chabela, her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. Can she find a way to make her teacher see that if she loses her name, she's lost the most important part of herself?

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Simon & Schuster .

ALMA FLOR ADA is retired Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco. She is a well-known author of children's and professional books for teachers and with Isabel Campoy is the co-owner of Del Sol Books, a publishing company that specializes in Spanish language translations and materials for children.