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The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street
Author: Sandra Cisneros
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...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780679734772
ISBN-10: 0679734775
Publication Date: 4/3/1991
Pages: 110
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 466 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 3
Not what I expected, but a beautiful book from start to finish.
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Helpful Score: 2
This is a wonderful book for young latina girls to read. It a coming of age classic!
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Helpful Score: 2
This book was capitvating. It's the story of a young hispanic girl's journey into adulthood. Even though I read it for school, I could not put it down!
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Helpful Score: 2
A wonderful memoir of a child in a small ethnically diverse community. Very heartfelt and honest.
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Helpful Score: 2
Excellent book! Great story, I have never read another book like it.
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reviewed The House on Mango Street on + 29 more book reviews
Very unique. Quick read that you will only enjoy if you read between the lines.
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Cisneros writes with a poetic prose that supasses anyting I have read thus far. Fantastic and I hghly recommend it to any lover of language and culture.
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It was ok-short and sweet, but just ok.


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