My Name Is Maria Isabel
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Product Description: For María Isabel Salazar López, 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 Marías in this class," says her teacher. "Why don't we call you Mary instead?" But María Isabel has been named for her Papá'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?
Culture/Community: Puerto Rican
Heritage & History: Hispanic Heritage and History
Themes for Children: Family and Friends, My Feelings, Celebrate Diversity!
Genre: Fiction
Format: Novel
Audiobook: No
Age Level: 9-12, Middle Grade
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Book Series: ELL Stories, Immigrant Stories: Books for Middle Grades, School Tales for Middle Grades, My Name: Books for Kids, My Name: Books for Middle Grades and Young Adults, Back-to-School Stories, Puerto Rican Stories: Books for Middle Grades and Young Adults
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