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A mango-shaped space a novel

Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.

Main Author:	Mass, Wendy, 1967-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown, 2005, c2003.
Edition:	1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Synesthesia > Juvenile fiction. Senses and sensation > Juvenile fiction. Cats > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Death > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.
Physical Description:	221 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	0316058254 (pbk.) 9780316058254 (pbk.) 1415626707 (BWI bdg.) 9781415626702 (BWI bdg.)
Author Notes:	Wendy Mass was born in Livingston, New Jersey on January 17, 1967. She received a B. A. in English from Tufts University. She worked as a book editor at numerous publishing houses in New York City and Connecticut and co-created a teenage literary magazine called Writes of Passage. She has written several nonfiction books for teenagers including Stonehenge, Readings on Night, John Cabot: Early Explorer, and Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her fiction books include Leap Day, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Finally, and The Candymakers. A Mango-Shaped Space won the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award in 2004. She wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season. (Bowker Author Biography)

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