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The house on mango street book cover6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. ![]() Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. 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. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children and their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics even as it depicts a new American landscape. In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its initial publication, and with a new introduction by the author, here is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best-selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. ![]()
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