The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • Done June 2, 2015

Published by Vintage  • April 3rd 1991 (1st 1984)

Young Adult • Realistic Fiction

Chicago, Illinois. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. 

Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers. (via GoodReads)

This book, in its snippets, was an interesting collection of struggles and challenges that people on Mango Street have experienced.