Inspiring, thought provoking, hopeful, and heart breaking all at once. It teaches all readers to dream big, reach their full potential, and learn from bad situations around them, as well as how what we are surrounded with impacts who we are. It teaches girls from communities to stand up for themselves and question the ways society hurts them. For public school classrooms with diverse make ups, this is a great book to read. Yes, the book contains a very vague scene of sexual assault that will likely only be understood by more mature readers. It seems likely that the reviews written here vilifying the book were done by those that care little about Literature, exposure to different cultures, or stories that resonate with adolescents. The House on Mango Street is an incredible book for a plethora of reasons.
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