Acclaimed by critics beloved by readers of all ages taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country and translated all over the world The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero Told in a series of vignettes ndash sometimes heartbreaking sometimes deeply joyous ndash 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