The Mango Shaped Space
Wendy Mass
Realistic Fiction
1-264
The Mango Shaped Space is an uplifting story about a girl who has to deal with a very unique disease. Mia is a high school student and the main character and instead of seeing numbers and letters, Mia sees colors. Mia struggles with the idea of admitting she is differnet and standing out, because she just wants to blend in. When she finally does she learns that she must deal with the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Mia's story was very inspirational and easy to connect to. Everyone is differnet and I feel like this book had an underlying message about telling the truth and being yourself. I have never met someone with this disease or one like it, but I think it would be really interesting to hear their perspective and opinions on not only the book, but the disease.
This seams like a very interesting book that i would like to read. I was wondering though, is this a disease that some people could actually have?
ReplyDeleteI have read this book and I loved it. It made you experience different emotions and it was very vivid. Emily, I believe the desease is real.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a real syndrome and we have other books about synesthesia. "Mondays are Blue" is about a boy with the same syndrome and his journey about discovering what is wrong with him and how his life goes on. Two great books if you want to read more about this!
ReplyDeleteI've also read this book and I absolutely love it! This is a real life disease that is kind of interesting to learn about, what I want to know, is if it causes any heath dangers, or if it's just something like ADHD.
ReplyDeleteI remember discussing this book with Kendria as she was reading it last year. Being a young teenager, most people find it hard being themselves and I absolutely love how Mia, with her disease can be herself no matter the odds. She tells people to accept her the way she is and she is trying to deal with this disease. We need more young teenagers to think like Mia does in this story.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Mikaela :) I was kind of suprised to find that the realy underlying message of the story was of finding her true self, i would first think that it would be about finding was of overcoming her diesease... Anyway, just a quick question - was Mia a big "outlier" in her school of was she just a normal teenager just hiding a secret? because i would like to know how she hid it so well!
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