The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros

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The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros

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Cute in parts, heartbreaking in parts, empowering in parts. Overall, deceptively simple. It reads like a children's book (for at least the first half) but it's about SO much more it seems at first glance. It's also a short and easy read, so if you're curious or into Latina/Chicana literature, it's worth a glance.

Rating: 4 stars. It didn't captivate me enough for 5 but it's too well written for 3.5.
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I agree that this is deceptively simple. I read it at thirteen but it resonated with me in high school as I matured and came to fully understand the contents. I love that it does not sugar coat the hardships of poverty, especially for minorities and that it can captivate readers of any background. I would recommend it to girls between twelve and fourteen. It is also a coming-of-age type of book with which girls of that age group can identify.
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I was assigned to read it when I was in eighth grade and loved it, because the writing style felt so fluid, like nothing I'd ever read before. It was probably the most musical book I've ever read, and I've got a copy tucked away somewhere that I'll have to dig out and read again.
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I love this book. I felt like I was reading about some of my own bits of childhood and agree about it being deceptively simple. I read it when I was in high school I think. I also hold a soft spot for it because it was the first book I read in Spanish.
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Read this for summer reading in high school and hated it so much. It was so broken up and so boring. I usually enjoy some parts of books I read and recall those special parts, but this book left me with nothing memorable.
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What really stood out to me was that the author really understands the psychology of being poor and how it affects those who grow up in it
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