Wendy lives in new jersey with her husband and their twins. But, if your favorite books are inspiring, emotional, and moving, you would like a mangoshaped space. The book received the american library association schneider family book award in 2004. Okay so i now think that the conflict of mango shaped space is mia accepting herself for who she is. So whether you see pink when you eat chocolate or not, get ready for a colorful read. Mia has synesthesia, which means that she sees sounds, numbers, and letters in colors.
Along the way, she makes friends at conventions for people with synesthesia. I think this is the theme because mia winchell is different from many other people with a mingling of the senses, called synesthesia. A mangoshaped space is a novel about teenage girl, mia winchell, who is trying to figure out why shes different from everybody else. A mangoshaped space this is technically a kids book preteenteen, but its not. It has since been nominated for, and received, a number of other awards. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of a mango shaped space by wendy mass.
As the book opens, mia is honoring the oneyear anniversary of her grandfathers death, and at her side constantly is her cat mango. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist sign in join. She sees colors and shapes with every sound and letter, and shes in the third grade when she discovers that not everyone sees the world as she does. If you are a parent who has a child who struggles with any kind of learning disability or behavior issue, this book. Mias family is surprised, and they try to help her as best as they can by taking her to the doctor, and standing up for her when others try to make mia feel different. Of course, if you ask her, though, shell say its because thats the color of his eyes. In jeremy fink and the meaning of life, a boy embarks on a lifechanging journey. Ala schneider family book awardwinning author wendy mass offers this tasty treat of a tale sure to appeal to any listeners sweet tooth. After the synesthesia meeting, something terrible happens, but we cant spoil the book.
For example she sees her name as candyapple red with a hint of light green and her cat mango gives off sunkistorange coils with each highpitched meow. It turns out mango has a rip in his lung that makes him wheeze all the time. Little, brown, and company, hachette book group, new york, 2003. To mia, the letter a glows with faded sunfloweryellow, screeching chalk sizzles. A mangoshaped space by wendy mass overdrive rakuten. Recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world. A mangoshaped space is a 2003 young adult novel by wendy mass. It was amazing how mia was able to see colors in sounds and numbers. Wendy mass is the new york times bestselling author of eighteen novels for young people which have been translated into 20 languages and nominated for 76 state book awards, including a mango shaped space which was awarded the schneider family book award by the american library association, leap day, the twice upon a time fairy tale series. The space taxi series sends a boy and a talking cat on adventures to distant planets, and the willow falls books beginning with 11 birthdays add a dash of. A mango shaped space is about a girl who begins a journey to learn who she is and accept her own synesthesia. It won the ala schneider family book award which honors artistic expression of the disability experience.
Although this book is 15 years old, it will touch the hearts of its readers for years to come. A mangoshaped space book by wendy mass thriftbooks. The main character mia is a sensitive yearold girl who comes to terms with a rare neurological condition called synesthesia. The young adult novel follows the life of a yearold girl. The hand lettering for the cover is by billy kelly. She was born with synesthesia, a neurological crosswiring that lets her see sounds, taste shapes, and smell colors. Nominated for a slew of awards, including new york public librarys best books for the teen age and the great lakes book award source, a mangoshaped space is about searching for your place in a world full of vibrant colors and sounds. This site was created for a digital lit circle project at our middle school.
His wheezing looks orange and yellow to mia, which is why she named him mango. Interview with wendy mass, author of a mangoshaped space. I have read this book a few times when i was younger and i thought it would be a good book. We used to be a lot closer, before she went to high school and dropped me like a pipinghot bag of microwave popcorn. She was different from everybody else in school, but that did not stop her from loving the colors she saw. That action packed or emotional scene that causes some type of change.
Whats saddest is that a mango shaped space could be a great book, were it not for the terrible moral of the story. She struggles through the ridicule of her classmates and hides her secret from everyone. If you like a mangoshaped space you might like similar books every soul a star, jeremy fink and the meaning of life, 11 birthdays, eggs, the candymakers. She eventually shares her disability with her family, which results in her family thinking shes doing it for attention. A mangoshaped space 2003, a young adult novel by american author wendy mass, is the story of mia winchell, a thirteenyearold girl who lives with synesthesia.
It was created by nick m, chris s, finn l, and jack m. In a mangoshaped space, author wendy mass tells an intriguing, original story. Buy this book in an intriguing first novel, mass introduces a yearold heroine with an unusual. A mango shaped space by wendy mass is about a thirteen year old girl, mia, she seems like she could the most normal out of her brother zach, who counts how many mcdonalds hamburgers hes eaten, and her sister beth who is dieing her hair every time she changes her mood, but no doubt, mia is the weirdest. A mangoshaped space by wendy mass little, brown books for. Our rbdigital platform distributes the broadest array of digital content typesincluding audiobooks, video, magazines, ebooks, education, and entertainmentall in one powerful app. A mangoshaped space by wendy mass is a wonderful book about how a young girl finds her true self and the courage to tell her very strange family the truth about herself, and risking loosing all.
Wendy mass is the new york times bestselling author of the candymakers, the ala schneider family award winner a mangoshaped space, leap day, jeremy fink and the meaning of life, heaven looks a lot like the mall, and every soul a star. But if i couldnt use my colors, the world would seem so bland like vanilla ice cream without the gummy bears on top. Remembering the wonderful fiction books she had read while growing up, she began writing a mangoshaped space, which was published in 2003. A mangoshaped space by wendy mass, paperback barnes. In an intriguing first novel, mass introduces a yearold heroine with an unusual perspective. To ask other readers questions about a mangoshaped space, please sign up. The story is an introspective look inside the world of one who perceives letters, numbers, and sounds as colors. For mia, though, this isnt just a fun way to think about numbers. The picture above shows that one fish is different from the others, like mia winchell is. A mangoshaped space timeline by tavisha thapar on prezi. A mango shaped space unabridged audiobook, by wendy mass. A mango shaped space is one of wendy masss most successful novels, winning the schneider family book award for honoring artistic expression of the disability experience.
Mia remembers a time in third grade when she tried to talk about her colors. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory. Wendy mass won the ala schneider family book award for her first young readers novel, a mangoshaped space, about a girl with the fascinating condition synesthesia. When yearold mia finally reveals a closelyguarded secret, it soon echoes throughout her school.
To a lesser degree it is also about mia being accepted by others. It was like she lived in another world that only she new about. A mangoshaped space by wendy mass while most people have and use their four senses in the standard way. It is a fairly quick read, and the plot is not so intense that it is hard to understand, but the plot isnt boring either. Unlike the average yearolds in her school, mia uses her senses differently because for her, sounds, numbers, and letters have color. Her senses are jumbled words and sounds often have color for her, among other effects. Mia winchell has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person can see sounds, smell colors, or taste shapes. A mango shaped space was no doubt the best book ive ever read. An awardwinning book from the author of jeremy fink and the meaning of life and the candymakers for fans for of wonder and counting by sevens mia winchell has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person can see sounds, smell colors, or taste shapes. Eighth grader mia reads, and hears, with specific colors and shapes in her mind. She struggles through the ridicule of her classmates and hides her secret from everyone, including her family and her best friend, jenna.
There are a lot of issues dealt with in a mangoshaped space. Forced to reveal her condition, she must look to herself to develop an understanding and appreciation of her gift in this comingofage novel. At some point they inevitably find out thats not the caseusually by the blank stares they receive when they talk about it. I am here with another book for a story reading, a mango shaped space by wendy mass. A mangoshaped space by wendy mass state library of. The candymakers follows 12yearolds logan, philip, daisy, and miles as each tries to invent a candy even better than the oozing crunchorama.
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