Alexeandar the first

The house on mango street is a wonderful story written by author Sandra Cisneros that depicts a young girl named Esperanza that moves to Chicago around the age of 12 and is faced with many difficult challenges such as puberty, sexual assault and the death of family members. But trough all these tragic experiences she grows from a lady into a woman. It is a coming of age story the author chooses a very venerable time in a young woman life where everything is changing and they have to learn to adapt to it and grow from it and I believe that is why so many people relate and enjoy this story because they've experienced the what the main protagonist has and feel a connection to them. I really enjoyed this novel even if I'm not a woman I could relate to the story in other ways a big part of the story is that Esperanza's family is a different ethnicity and live in a oppressed community growing up for most of my life my family lived in a tough neighborhood and were at times harassed for their ethnicity luckily I haven't had to face this problem myself because of light skin completion but I have seen my parents go trough and would never wish it upon my worst enemy. I really enjoyed the book would have enjoyed it a little more if there was male version dealing with the problems guys have going into puberty. But overall I would really recommend this book to anyone that's is coming of age or that is relatively young I do believe they will enjoy it.