The House on Mango Street

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Author Sandra Cisneros

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Knopf | Vintage

On sale Apr 03, 1991 | 144 Pages | 978-0-679-73477-2

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The coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world.

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.

Selected for Common Reading in the following communities:
Chicago, IL
The State of Arkansas
Escondido, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Pico Rivera, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Jacksonville, FL
Miami, FL
Multnomah County,OR
Brazo Valley, TX
College Station-Bryan, TX
El Paso, TX
Milwaukee, WI

Selected for Common Reading at the following colleges and universities:
Augsburg College
California State University – Bakersfield
Carleton College
Chaffey College
College of Southern Nevada
Columbia College Chicago
Indiana University Northwest
Lane Community College
Naugatuck Valley Community College
Oakland City University
Rasmussen College
Santa Ana College
SUNY Fredonia
University of St. Thomas
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Valparaiso University
Washington & Lee University

“A classic. . . . This little book has made a great space for itself on the shelf of American literature.” —Julia Alvarez

“Afortunado! Lucky! Lucky the generation who grew up with Esperanza and The House on Mango Street. And lucky future readers. This funny, beautiful book will always be with us.” —Maxine Hong Kingston

“Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage . . . and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Marvelous . . . spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisneros’s storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage of growing up in a modern world.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“A deeply moving novel...delightful and poignant. . . . Like the best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted word.” —Miami Herald

“Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brillant of today’s young writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuanceful . . . rich with music and picture.” —Gwendolyn Brooks

SANDRA CISNEROS is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist. Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, a MacArthur Fellowship, national and international book awards, including the PEN America Literary Award, and the National Medal of Arts. More recently, she received the Ford Foundation's Art of Change Fellowship, was recognized with the Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, and won the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. In addition to her writing, Cisneros has fostered the careers of many aspiring and emerging writers through two nonprofits she founded: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. As a single woman she made the choice to have books instead of children. A citizen of both the United States and Mexico, Cisneros currently lives in San Miguel de Allende and makes her living by her pen. View titles by Sandra Cisneros

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Educator Guide for The House on Mango Street

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