The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros (1954-Present)

Realistic/Ethnic Genre

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110 Pages





Main Characters
Esperanzo Cordero
Nenny Cordero
Sally
Rachel
Lucy
Mama

Settings
The House
In the Street

Summary
Esperanza moves into a new neighborhood and fares the influences and experiances that come in vignettes*.

Themes
Eseranza as a Role Model for readers
Self-Definition and Coming-of-Age

Awards
The House on Mango Street-The American Book Award

* Vignettes are short peices of writing that are not quite long enough to be stories, but too long to be poems