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The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros
Narrated 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's greatly admired 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 House on Mango Street 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.

This audiobook is also available in Spanish.©1984 Sandra Cisneros (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc. Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Latino & Hispanic Creators Latino American Literary Fiction United States World Literature

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"Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage...and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one." (The New York Times Book Review)

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Sandra reads this like no one else can. Great storytelling through and through. Definitely recommend, even if you’ve read the book before.

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help the worst of her books I tried to listen 2,times. it just didn't come together.

the book. was a little slow. I tried to listen

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And some parts, specifically when children are going back and forth about nothing, are boring or agitating to listen to.

Otherwise good story!

Child-like voice was annoying at times

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A real depiction of just how many live and feel. The voice of a youth reflecting so many people's experiences.

Outstanding cultural representation

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I love this book. I will gift it to all the latina girls i know. im 25 now and i wish i had this book growing up. thank you for writing this.

gave me a voice

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Beautifully written, so much to identify with...it brought my own childhood memories and feelings back.

A familiar story

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Good very good book nice quality of book cool ya well good book the house on mango street

It’s good

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Sandra Cisneros is the perfect narrator for her own work. It's very touching, very effective.

Terrific!

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I’ve always heard of this book, in classes and on lists. It took me a long time to get to this book. It is so good! If you’ve ever been poor, you’ll love it

I get the hype now

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I think that The House on Mango Street was a wonderful story! Also, I really enjoyed the narration by the author herself, Sandra Cisneros!

Great story and narration!

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