The House on Mango Street

House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros' acclaimed novel of a young girl growing up in a mixed neighborhood of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this coming-of-age classic tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. But she 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. Few books in our time have touched so many readers.

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