A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass a
three hour read
Mia has a
secret she hasn’t told anyone. When she was eight she started to tell everyone
but then heard “Freak.” And pulled it back in so even her parents don’t know
she sees colors. Yes, letters, words, and numbers have colors. Somehow it is
very helpful in history and language arts but not so much in math and foreign
languages. Now, like me, you are probably
thinking why doesn’t she just search ‘I see colors?’ and discover it is a thing
called synesthesia. Well, there are two reasons; one is we wouldn’t have a story
and the other is the family is not very computer oriented. This is a good story
about losing friends and making up. It’s about family being there for each
other and it’s about assumptions being wrong. There is a lot of healing in this
story. There is also a cat named Mango who is very important.
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