43 pages 1 hour read

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Call Me Maria

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2004

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Pages 81-103Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Pages 81-82 Summary: “After School I Hear Whoopee”

Whoopee’s enthusiastic shouts outside the window encourage María to look outside and see her friend. María reflects on her friendship with Whoopee, declaring that she is “magic” (82).

Pages 83-84 Summary: “‘Silent Night’ in Spanish and Two Glamour Shots of My Island Grandmother”

On Christmas Eve, María opens a CD her mother sent with two pictures of her grandmother, Abuela. María inspects the photographs, noting what is similar and different about her grandmother’s features compared to María’s own. María feels that while she is not the same as her grandmother, she will have a good night with her new friends in New York.

Pages 85-90 Summary: “Math Class: Sharing the Pie”

In math class with Mr. C, María learns about fractions. As he talks, María poetically reflects on numbers and shapes in her life. She is somewhere between daydreaming and connecting to the lesson when Mr. C tells her that he understands. María wonders what he understands and thinks that perhaps he can empathize with her wish for a warmer climate instead of a snowy New York winter.

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