(Ages 14 through 18). Whether you're after some good old adventure stories (such asHolesorThe Outsiders), more serious-minded titles (likeThe Voyage of the FrogorThe House on Mango Street), or simply the best-sellingPrincess DiariesorHouse of Nightseries, there's a good selection of books...
When Léna Roy was 7 years old, her teacher read the first chapter ofA Wrinkle in Timealoud to her second-grade class. After school, Léna ran to her grandmother’s house, which was around the corner from her school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, to finish the book on her own....
(Ages 14 through 18). Whether you're after some good old adventure stories (such asHolesorThe Outsiders), more serious-minded titles (likeThe Voyage of the FrogorThe House on Mango Street), or simply the best-sellingPrincess DiariesorHouse of Nightseries, there's a good selection of books...
These flashcards can help you study new words learned inThe House on Mango Street.Read through the flashcard set several times. Once the definitions start to feel familiar, try to quiz yourself! Read the vocabulary word and try to say the definition aloud before checking the back side of the...
The House on Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros I read this book a long time ago, but was reminded of it by a trivia question and immediately downloaded a library copy (that Libby app is just so handy!). The edition I received was an anniversary edition of some sort, including an introductio...
Turn them away I cannot. I call them and say, "Come to my house whoever chooses. Yes, come." 我不能回绝他们。我呼唤他们说:"谁愿意到我房子里来就请来吧。对了,来吧。" In the morning the bell rings in the temple. 清晨,庙里的钟声敲起。
One of her example texts is Sandra Cisnero’s House on Mango Street which Alison views as “…a spiral staircase revolving with many small polished steps around a single axis.” The chapter on “Radials and Explosions” focuses on works of fiction that seem to emanate from a core, “...
Enchanting and surprising, this book takes readers on a fun quest through the musical village of Chateuguay. When Sela Blue and her sisters, Susie and Sophie, can’t find the key to their charming house on Wagner Street they set off in search of the missing key. With happy-go-lucky Nan...
THE HOME I PACED alone on the road across the field while the sunset was hiding its last gold like a miser. The daylight sank deeper and deeper into the darkness, and the widowed land, whose harvest had been reaped, lay silent. Suddenly a boy's shrill voice rose into the sky. He tra...
Her house stood at the end of a desolate street. In the evening breeze her pet peacock sat drowsing on its perch, and the pigeons were silent in their corner. She set her lamp down by the portal and stood before me. She raised her large eyes to my face and mutely asked, "Are you...