House on Mango Street --The New York Review of

--The New York Review of Books

to spend time with a writer and cat duo as extraordinary as Masha and Carr

or slaying a dragon--give a child a stick and let imagination take over and the magic begin

" -Chicago Tribune

But while anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream

House on Mango Street --The New York Review ofHere is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children and their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, "The House on Mango Street" has entered the canon of coming of age classics even as it depicts a new American landscape. Sometimes