Williamsburg Regional Library

The house on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros

eng

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fiction

The house on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends

The house on Mango Street -- Hairs -- Boys and girls -- My name -- Cathy Queen of cats -- Our good day -- Laughter -- Gil's furniture bought and sold -- Meme Ortiz -- Louie, his cousin and 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 and 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 and papaya juice on Tuesdays -- Sally -- Minerva writes poems -- Bums in the attic -- Beautiful and cruel -- A smart cookie -- What sally said -- The monkey garden -- Red clowns -- Linoleum roses -- The three sisters -- Alicia and I talking on Edna's steps -- A house of my own -- Mango says goodbye sometimes

adolescent