num_pages: 110
description: 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.
language: English
title: The House On Mango Street
titlecomplete: The House On Mango Street
characters: Esperanza, Nenny
genres: Read For School, Short Stories, Coming Of Age, Realistic Fiction, School, Young Adult, Poetry, Classics, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 178310
places: Chicago, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: American Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: George C. Stone Center for Children's Books Recognition of Merit Award
publisher: Small Planet Communications