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Description: The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and hard beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of life in Hispanic community and a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. © Random House

Booknotes:

• ClassicNote by Eileen O'Conner
  Major Themes, Vocabulary, Literary/Historical References, Summary, Characters, Context, Essay Topics, Study Questions
  http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/houseonmango/ (GradeSaver)
  
  
• Spark Note by Melissa Martin
  Summary, Characters, Context, Essay Topics, Study Questions
  http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mangostreet/ (SparkNotes.com)
  
  
• The House on Mango Street E-Notes
  http://www.enotes.com/house-mango/7863
  
  

Urban Dreams Lesson Plan

• House on Mango Street - Lesson Plan by M. Scott
• House on Mango Street - Lesson Plan by E. Carlson

Readings:

• Sandra Cisneros reads (part of) House on Mango Street
  mp3 (4Mb)

Websites about House on Mango Street

Background:

• Latinos 2000: Forging a latino identity
  To examine Latino identity in the year 2000, LATINO USA's Maria Martin makes a personal journey in search of the impact that Latinos are having on American culture. She speaks with writers Junot Diaz, Sandra Cisneros, Juan Gonzalez, and others.
  http://www.utexas.edu/coc/kut/latinousa/realaudio/
  identityspecial.ram (Latino USA, RealAudio - 60 minutes

Reviews:

• The "Dual"-ing Images of la Malinche and la Virgen de Guadalupe in Cisneros's The House on Mango Street by Leslie Petty
  http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2278/2_25/67532177/p1/article.jhtml (FindArticles.com; © MELUS, The Society for the Study of the Multi- Ethnic Literature of the United States)
  
  
• Gritos desde la Frontera: Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, and Postmodernism by Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak
  http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2278/2_25/67532176/p1/article.jhtml (FindArticles.com; © MELUS, The Society for the Study of the Multi- Ethnic Literature of the United States)