Company

About
Contact
FAQ

Legal

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 Winking Fig LLC. All rights reserved.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros | Winking Fig

Cover of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

1984·134 pages·young adult

Literary Fiction

classics coming of age self discovery short stories

💚 Jenna's Pick (2024)

The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

Cover of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

↗Find at a library (WorldCat)↗Preview on Google Books

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Jenna's Pick (2024)

Year

1984

Pages

134

Audience

young adult

Literary Fiction

Tags

classics coming of age self discovery short stories

Description

The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

What to read after The House on Mango Street.

Tell us what you’re craving.

Books That Feel Like This

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

Sandra Cisneros

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

Isabel Quintero

Chlorine Sky

Chlorine Sky

Mahogany L. Browne

When We Make It

When We Make It

Elisabet Velasquez

Under the Mesquite

Under the Mesquite

Guadalupe Garcia McCall

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Julia Alvarez

Before We Were Free

Before We Were Free

Julia Alvarez

The Liars' Club

The Liars' Club

Mary Karr

The Bean Trees: Animal Dreams ; Pigs In Heaven

The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver

Bless Me, Ultima

Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo A. Anaya

This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

Tobias Wolff

Bleed

Bleed

Laurie Faria Stolarz