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The house on Mango Street

House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and hard beauty. Esperanza 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.

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  • "House on Mango Street"@en
  • "Woman Hollering Creek"@en

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  • "[This is a] 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, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, [the novel] tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza 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. -Back cover."
  • "House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and hard beauty. Esperanza 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."
  • "House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and hard beauty. Esperanza 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."@en
  • "Rich and lyrical short stories of Mexican-Americans."@en
  • "Tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a young girl coming into her power; and inventing for herself what she will become."@en
  • "For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness."
  • "For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness."@en

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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Bildungsromans"
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  • "Juvenile works"@en

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  • "The House On Mango Street"
  • "The House on Mango Street"
  • "The house on Mango Street"
  • "The house on Mango Street"@en
  • "House on Mango Street ; Woman Hollering Creek"@en
  • "House on Mango Street"@en
  • "House on Mango Street"

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