![]() ![]() No wonder it’s read in so many high school classes.Īt the same time, the book’s strength as literature is that it tells the story of a unique girl in a unique place - a Mexican-American girl in the neighborhoods of Chicago whose life is focused not only on the changes in her body but also on her need to figure out how to maneuver in the broader world.Įsperanza lives in a community that is made up of newly arrived immigrants from Mexico and first-generation Americans, but also includes black and white people from such places as Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Puerto Rico. This is the story of Esperanza Cordero, and, at its heart, it is the story of every child who has gone through the very difficult transformation into becoming a teenager with all its excitement, fear, challenge and risk. ![]() ![]() There is a universal quality to Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street and also something very specific. ![]()
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