![]() ![]() Kids asleep? Check…whoa, hold up a minute. The ones that blindside me and have that weird echo - is or isn’t this real? Sleep isn’t going to happen. And what makes this a particularly special audio production is the fact that the author, Sandra Cisneros, reads. This timeless classic is now available, for the first time, unabridged. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. ![]() The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and hard beauty. ![]() Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics. Listen as Sandra Cisneros brings to life The House on Mango Street, her greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. ![]()
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