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| Original Title: | A Mango-Shaped Space |
| ISBN: | 0316058254 (ISBN13: 9780316058254) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mia Winchell |
| Setting: | United States of America Illinois(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School Book (2004) |
Wendy Mass
Paperback | Pages: 221 pages Rating: 4.22 | 27233 Users | 2771 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Mango-Shaped Space |
| Author | : | Wendy Mass |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 221 pages |
| Published | : | October 19th 2005 by Little, Brown and Company |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Contemporary |
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Mia Winchell appears to be a typical kid, but she's keeping a big secret—sounds, numbers, and words have color for her. No one knows, and Mia wants to keep it that way. But when trouble at school finally forces Mia to reveal her secret, she must learn to accept herself and embrace her ability, called synesthesia, a mingling of the senses.Rating Based On Books A Mango-Shaped Space
Ratings: 4.22 From 27233 Users | 2771 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books A Mango-Shaped Space
First of all, synesthesia is not a disability. You wish you had it. Since it's my username and something I have, I have personal experience on the subject.My sort of synethesia equals seeing colours in music based on the key, smelling music, tasting it. Feeling the texture of it on my skin. Songs can have a temperature or a time of day like as song can be in the key of D or something and feel like a night sort of song or in the key of D minor and be grey like an overcast day.I can also tasteHaving strong synesthesia myself, I was not very pleased with the way it is portrayed in this book. I understand that Mass does not have synesthesia herself and that this lack of experience clearly makes it difficult for her to portray the condition accurately. Nonetheless, throughout the novel, she either makes synesthesia seem like a harrowing handicap or divine euphoria. Honestly, it's neither. I think Mass made it seem greater than what it actually is. I've never encountered a synesthete who
Here's what I like about A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass: The plot is extremely interesting and really, for lack of a better word, new. Mass talks about a condition that most people have never even heard of and she just runs with it.Here's what I don't like: Mass is at pains throughout the novel to make sure everyone knows her narrator is young. I also have mixed feelings about it winning an award (the Kaplan award I believe) for artistically representing life with a disability.Here's some
This is also a sad story and a touching story. It's about a girl who sees colors for numbers, letters, and sounds. She also has a cat that she loves the most, Mango. I will recommend this book to people who loves Wendy Mass books.
This book is great! I recently recommended it to one of the middle school students I work with and it seemed to going over really well with her.I'm only a few years shy of being twice Mia the narrator's age, but found her to be awesome. Definitely not perfect and kind of a pain in the butt to other characters at times (terrible school project partner, for one) but such a realistic, hilarious 13-year-old. The character development was great in general, and I ended up liking pretty much everyone.
A young girl, Mia, tries to hide from everyone the fact that sounds, letters, and numbers have color for her. When her condition is revealed due to a problem at school, Mia feels like all the kids think shes some kind of freak.A good book about a rare human condition that was interesting to learn about.
This was my first time hearing and reading about synesthesia. Mia struggles with her condition because she doesn't dare tell anyone she can see colour basically in all aspects of her life. This is a story about her opening up about her ability, her ''gift,'' and realizing what an amazing thing it can be. It's also about friendship and family dynamics and coping with the death of a cherished being. Very moving.
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