The House on Mango Street Contributor(s): Cisneros, Sandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679734775 ISBN-13: 9780679734772 Publisher: Vintage
This item is available now at an even better price in our Bargain Bin! Go There Now! Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1991 Annotation: 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. Click for more in this series: Vintage Contemporaries |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2009464700 |
Lexile Measure: 870(Not Available) |
Guided Reading: W (Grade 6) |
Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 8" L (0.34 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/08/1991 Entertainment Weekly 03/06/2009 pg. 76 Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 57 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 20914 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The bestselling coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world--from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros' masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers. |
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