Title: A Mango-Shaped Space
Author: Mass, Wendy
Publisher: Little, Brown Books, 2003
ISBN-10: 0316523887
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reading Level: 770 Lexile
Interest Level: 10+
Awards: Great Lakes Great Book Award 2005
Readers Annotation: Have you ever thought something that happened to you happened to everyone and then find out not many do?
Plot:
Mia has a condition called synesthesia. This means letters and number have colors to her. Growing up she believes everyone sees these colors. When she begins algebra, Mia realizes that her grades are slipping because the letters and the numbers are clashing. Their colors do not make sense anymore. This creates problems with her parents. When she says she sees colors, Mia's parents take her to doctors thinking she is crazy. With time they find out the diagnosis and Mia is introduced to an online community of other people with synesthesia. She reads that acupuncture amplifies the colors for those with this condition and she meets a boy who also has synesthesia. This story is about seeing things and people for who they are, embracing your differences and understanding oneself.
Review:
I really enjoyed this book. It gave a different perspective on what normal is and what it means to have a gift. Mia has to first come to an understanding of how she is different then how to embrace it. People who do not understand make fun of her which is hard to handle. This book is a great coming of age novel.
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