The House on Mango Street told the tale of a young Latin girl, Esperanza, growing up in what was like the ghetto of Chicago. Her family was not rich and they did not have much except warm hearts and big dreams. Throughout the story, Esperanza faced many things and the story was ultimately about her growing up and trying to accept her maturity. Most of the time, I enjoyed the story--it was interesting and gave a perspective of life I'm not familiar with, while at the same time I could relate to what she was going through. It was a very unpredictable story which was another plus. I also liked that it wasn't too long-- if it had been dragged out longer it would have been boring. The only thing I didn't like was reading about the way that Esperanza handled some of her situations: it gave me an unsettled feeling, like "why would anybody do that?" Aside from that, this is a great story that I would recommend mostly to teenagers, girls in particular because you will easily relate.