The House on Mango Street- Author

1.  Sandra was the only girl out of 7 children and her father was a mexican immigrant and her mother worked in a factory so they were poor. when Sandra was in her youth she had trouble making friends and feeling like she belonged in a new school. she found a way to escape her lonely childhood, she found reading and she liked to read fairy tales. her mother helped her get a library card. 
2. the similarities i found between my life and Sandra's was that we both moved to a completely new state. i didn't have any friends nor did i know anybody so i just kept to myself for a while. but whats different from mine and sandra's life is our families and the money. my parents broke up when i was three so they never have had to struggle with money.
3. sandra never gave up on her dream, she found her voice in middle school and continued to go through with it all throughout high school and college. she eventually made a book about everyone and everything she knows. i found her lesson in the third paragraph. it says "... Cisneros found her unique writing voice".
4. i think Sandra is a really talented, strong women. she went through a lot and people had high expectations of her and she excelled at those and went above and beyond what everyone expected of her. she's written a handful of books that have gotten awards and such so she's obviously talented.