A Mango-Shaped Space: A Novel - Hardcover

Mass, Wendy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316523887 ISBN 13: 9780316523882

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 2003

Synopsis

Offers the story of thirteen-year-old Mia Winchell whose perception of life is truly different due to synethesia, an unusual physiological condition where a person sees sounds, smells colors, and tastes shapes, and tells how she has learned to embrace the condition and cope with it in her daily routine.

About this title

Review:

"An original, brightly written tale."--Washington Post

"An intriguing first novel. Well-defined characterizations, natural-sounding dialogue, and concrete imagery."--Publishers Weekly

"Funny and touching at the same time. Wendy Mass has a winner in Mango's Mia!"--Meg Cabot

"From the moment I read a story by Wendy Maas I knew she was a writer to watch. I welcome her first book and am certain young readers will, too."--Judy Blume

"I love it! Such an interesting, touching story about an issue I knew nothing about. And I want to adopt Zack and keep him forever."--Karen Cushman, author of the Newbery Medal winner The Midwife's Apprentice

About the Author:

When Wendy Mass was growing up, she wanted to be an astronaut. But since she got carsick in her mom's station wagon, she decided to go against it. Several ideas later, she resolved to write books for teenagers. She has written several non-fiction books and short stories for magazines, and has also co-founded a teenage literary magazine, Writes of Passage. She graduated from Tufts University, earned an M.A. in English from California State University, Long Beach, and a Docotorate of Letters from Drew University. Ms. Mass lives in Chatham, New Jersey. This is her first novel.

Wendy Mass can be reached by email at mangobook@aol.com, but don't ask if she sees letters or numbers in colors because she does not. Although she wishes she does.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0316523887
• ISBN 13: 9780316523882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220