A House of My Own: Stories from My Life
by Sandra Cisneros
Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Family
- Cisneros, Sandra--Family
- Mexican American women authors
- Cisneros, Sandra--Homes and haunts
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Mexico
- Mexican Americans
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
- Authors, American
- Mexican American women authors--Biography
- Autobiographies
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Mexican Americans--Mexico--Biography
- Homes and haunts
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
- Cisneros, Sandra
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Sandra Cisneros
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Interview with Sandra Cisneros
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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