The House on Mango Street

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Library of Congress

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$13.00

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We all dream of the perfect home. For 12-year-old Esperanza Cordero, her family’s new house on Mango Street was a promise – a step away from volatile landlords and toward comfort and stability. But once they arrive, the small, run-down red building in a low-income Chicago neighborhood only disappoints. It’s hardly the idyllic home with a big yard she always dreamed about. As Esperanza becomes acquainted with the faded wallpaper and creaky floorboards of her new home, she introduces us to her Mexican-American immigrant family. There’s her practical yet compassionate mother, from whose…