Multicultural vignettes

Citation:

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books, 1984.

Awards:

The American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation (1985)

This book has been translated into many languages and has sold more than two million copies since its first publication date. It is considered a classic and taught in many middle and high school curriculums world wide.

Annotation:

The plot is about Esperanza Cordero and her struggles growing up on Mango Street in a poor Latino neighborhood in Chicago. The title refers to the house that Esperanza and her family move into at the beginning of the book.

Review:

This story is presented in a vignette style of writing. The story flows through 44 vignettes written in the first person narrative voice of a teenage girl. It is an inspiring tale readers may enjoy from cover to cover. It is also the kind of story one can pick up to read a single vignette and feel satisfied with food for thought for quite some time. The format is unusual but serves its purpose well.

Genre: Multicultural

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