BOOK INTRO

Alexa Fernández CastañedaColegio Williams de Cuernavaca1o Diploma "B"Inglés

Describe the image on the cover

What does the cover image mean to you?

The image is a house, and someone lives here. I think a girl lives here with more people.

• Why do you think it was selected as the cover image for this book?

Because the image represents the title.

• Write a prediction about the book

The book is about someone who is melancholic, worried about something and sad.

• What important facts or events were happening in the world or country when the book was published?

During the 80´s the United States there was a lot of immigration specially to Chicago, those were the years of the Cold War and there was a bads recession during the 80´s, so there was a lot of gangs in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

• What genre is the book?

Novel

• Read the summary and answer the 5Ws questions (What, Where, When, why, Who)

Is the story of Esperanza Cordero a young Latina girl growing up in a house at a Latino neighborhood in Chicago at the 80´s.

• Who is/are the author of the book?

Sandra Cisneros

• What information can you provide about the author?

He lives in Chicago in the United States and is author of many books and poetry