September Banned Book Club: The House on Mango Street

Join us for the RWB Banned Book Club discussion of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. This book frequently lands on the American Library Association’s list of most challenged books. The novel follows Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl coming of age in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, as she grapples with identity, gender, poverty, and the desire to belong. The book explores themes of sexuality, gender roles, class, and cultural identity, and has been banned or challenged in multiple school districts across the country