Call Me Maria

Plot Summary-The book Call Me Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer is about a girl name Maria. She was born in Puerto Rico, she lived there with her mother, father, and grandma. Her dad used to live in a basement apartment in New York City. Her mother was a teacher in Puerto Rico. Maria really liked it in Puerto Rico but her dad got home sick, so she had to move with her dad leaving her mother behind. Through letters and poetry she talks to her mom. Her father always got drunk and came home late everyday. Her father gets mad when he finds out that her mom has a boyfriend that she met in the school.

Character- Maria is very lonely in the Barrio, she loves poetry. She talks to her mom by letters and poetry. Until she meets Whoopee. Whoopee and her become best friends. She had trouble learning English but in the end she finally learns and she is happy that she learned and that she is friends with Whoopee.

Reading Starergies- The reading stratergie I used was my imagination, while I was reading I could see Maria happy in Puerto Rico with her family and then I could see her alone in the Barrio for almost the whole day because her father always came home late. I could see how happy she got when her grandmother came to visit the Barrio and Maria wasn't lonley until she went back to Puerto Rico.

Thoughts About The Book- I thought that this was a very good book. It was sad because she was alone with her father for a long time and she could really only talk to her mother by phone, I thought that it was really sad. It was also good that she learned English.

Author Information- Judith Ortiz Cofer was born in Puerto Rico On Febuary 24 1952. She loves poetry. She is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She is a bilingual teacher at a public school. I think that she is a vey good author because in the book she wrote in English and in Spanish