Third grader Maria Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U.S., wants badly to fit in at school; and the teacher’s writing assignment “My Greatest Wish” gives her that opportunity.

• ISBN: 9780689315176
• Author: Ada, Alma Flor
• Published: 1993 , Simon and Schuster
• Themes: Adaptations, Household, Identity, moving, multiculturalism, new school, School, Struggle, understanding
• Descriptors: Latinx in US, Primary (ages 6-9), Puerto Rico, Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 72