Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from 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 vets 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 .

ISBN: 9780679734772