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Fifteen-year-old Maria leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, feeling torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised.
Call me Maria -- Like the first flower -- Letter to Miami -- Scenes from my island past: Beginning of Maria Alegre/Maria Triste -- Memory of Maria Alegre -- Flowering -- Where I am now: Tides, the treasure, and the trash -- Here comes Barrioman -- Spanglish for you and maybe for me -- Spanish class, a lesson in el amor -- Letter to Mami -- Letter to Maria -- Papi-lindo, fifth floor -- More than you know Sabes? -- King of the barrio -- Super-hombre -- Letter to Maria -- What my father likes to eat -- Picture of whoopee -- Dona segura, costurera, third floor -- Bombay, San Juan, and Katmandu -- Golden English: Lessons one and two and two-and-a-half -- American dream -- Power of the Papi-lindo -- Exciting English: I am a poet! She exclaimed -- Letter to Mami, not sent -- American beauty -- Crime in the barrio -- Love in America -- Life sciences: Poem as seen under the microscope -- English declaration: I am the subject of a sentence -- After school, I hear whoopee -- "Silent Night" in Spanish and two glamour shots of my island grandmother -- Math class: Sharing the pie -- Abuela's winter visit -- Abuela's island lament: One-act play -- Who are you today, Maria? -- Translating Abuela: I know who I am -- Translating Abuela's journal: Ice age -- Translating Abuela's journal: After I take her to the museum and the theater -- Translating Abuela's journal: Final entry -- English: I am the simple subject -- My Papi-Azul and me, the brown iguana -- Rent party -- There go the barrio women -- My mother, the rain, el fin -- My father changing colors -- Papi-Azul sings "Asi son las mujeres" -- Seeing red: Asi son los hombres -- Confessions of a non-native speaker.