When I Was Puerto Rican Summary

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The book that I read for my book report is called When I was Puerto Rican by: Esmeralda Santiago. The book came out on February 28th, 2006. The book is biography about Esmeralda Santiago. This book has 278 pages. This book is about Esmeraldas life when she was little till she grew up. This book starts when Esmeralda lives in Puerto Rico and she is very young and she has many siblings. Her parents fight a lot and even more since her new brother was born. Her parents end up getting divorced but they weren't even married they just many kids together. The dad moves to New York so the mom and the kids move to New York. She starts in a new school and she barely speaks english. She gets bullied a lot but she starts learning English. She becomes

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