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The house on Mango Street

Summary: NOW AVAILABLE IN EBOOK FOR THE FIRST TIMEAcclaimed 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780345807199
ISBN: 0345807197
ISBN: 9780679734772
ISBN: 0679734775
ISBN: 9781299485761
ISBN: 1299485766
ISBN: 9780833568526 (Sagebrush-Bound)
ISBN: 0833568523 (Sagebrush-Bound)
ISBN: 9780606053525 (Turtleback ed.)
ISBN: 0606053522 (Turtleback ed.)
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource
Edition: 2nd Vintage Contemporaries ed., 25th anniversary ed.
Publisher: New York : Vintage, 2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The house on Mango Street -- Hairs -- Boys & girls -- My name -- Cathy queen of cats -- Our good day -- Laughter -- Gil's furniture bought & sold -- Meme Ortiz -- Louie, his cousin & his other cousin -- Marin -- Those who don't -- There was an old woman she had so many children she didn't know what to do -- Alicia who sees mice -- Darius & the clouds -- And some more -- The family of little feet -- A rice sandwich -- Chanclas -- Hips -- The first job -- Papa who wakes up tired in the dark -- Born bad -- Elenita, cards, palm, water -- Geraldo no last name -- Edna's Ruthie -- The Earl of Tennessee -- Sire -- Four skinny trees -- No speak English -- Rafaela who drinks coconut & papaya juice on Tuesdays -- Sally -- Minerva writes poems -- Bums in the attic -- Beautiful & cruel -- A smart cookie -- What Sally said -- The monkey garden -- Red clowns -- Linoleum roses -- The three sisters -- Alicia & I talking on Edna's steps -- A house of my own -- Mango says goodbye sometimes.

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from EPUB information screen (OverDrive, viewed May 10, 2013).