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Also by Sandra Cisneros:

A House of My Own, October 2015
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The House on Mango Street, April 1991
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THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
By: Sandra Cisneros

Vintage
April 1991
On Sale: April 3, 1991
144 pages
ISBN: 0679734775
EAN: 9780679734772
Paperback
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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.

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