My granddaughter is reading this book as part of her seventh grade curriculum. I had purchased the book for my classroom, but had never read it…until now.
The voice is that of Esperanza. The storyline is shown as glimpses into life on Mango Street - vignettes. Short chapters (which my granddaughter likes) are rich with detail. Family. A lot of COUSINS, sooo manny cousins. Friends. School. Boys. Life. Messy. As I read, I continually wondered how my granddaughter would react to some of the uglier sides of life on Mango Street.
Taken as a whole you get a sense of the complexities of the neighborhood, of growing up, and of eventually coming home. My favorite vignette is that of the stolen car, and the cousins waving goodbye to the thief as he is being taken away by the police.
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