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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780679734772 ISBN: 0679734775 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: April 03, 1991 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: April 03, 1991 Studio: Vintage Editorial Review: Product Description: Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong--not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - okThe House On Mango Street written by Sandra Ciserno, it is a bunch of short stories or vignette. The whole story describes the thoughts, feelings, and memories of Esperanza, a hispanic girl living in the poor area of Chicago. She dreams to escape her world and getting a house of her own. At the same time, she grows up and starts to leave her childhood, while learning about the fears and dangers of the world she never knew of before. She finds out becoming an adult turns out to be a hard challenge. ... Read More Rating:  - the house on mango streeti remember having to read this in freshmen year of high school and i hated it. its a book about a depressing little girl who moves into this red house with her family and each chapter is just little story like things that happen to her. it was not entertaning at all, it was depressing and i hated this book. its not worth money OR TIME! Rating: - If you want a bed time story, this book will do the trick in half a pageThis book is SO boring. It took me 2 weeks to get past the first 2 pages, then another 3 months to read half the book. I have to finish this piece of crap by the end of summer (school assignment), and the district is making us do an 8 page packet! However, this book is good for something. If your having trouble sleeping, don't take pills, read this book, I guarantee you'll be asleep by the end the fist paragraph. Rating:  - Hairs!!!Hairs chapter is my favorite.....it's short and sweet.....as a latina, i can really appreciate having immediate family so rich in differences....that is the beauty of being latino, is that we are so unique! Rating: - Disorganized and uncomfortableI remember reading this book in seventh grade with my entire class. Perhaps I should have enjoyed it; it appears to be directed towards that age group exactly. Instead, I, an avid reader, struggled with this odd, rather poor book. "The House on Mango Street" is recommended for girls in middle school, and point in fact, that's exactly when this teen read it, just a few years ago. Yet as I look back on those two months in English class, it occurs to me that perhaps the fault in this book lies there. ... Read More |
