num_pages: 2
description: The 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.An unabridged recording on 2 CDs (2 hours), read by the author.
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: 178322
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: Random House Audio