
Reviewed by Aiman A.
A Mango-Shaped Space is a novel by Wendy Mass. It is about a girl named Mia Winchell, who has been seeing colors for 13 years. After being called a freak because of it in 3rd grade, Mia hasn’t spoken about it to anyone. When she starts eighth grade she is forced to tell her parents due to some bad grades. They go to a few doctors and eventually find out that Mia has synesthesia. Mia’s life has now changed, in ways which are good and bad.
Mia lives in an expanding house and has a cat named Mango. She has two siblings, an older sister, Beth, and a younger brother, Zach. Her best friend is Jenna Davis. She starts thinking about telling about telling her parents about her colors when she meets a boy named Billy Henkle. He tells her that her name is purple with orange stripes, and she says it is candy apple red with light green.
Billy makes Mia think if other people see colors like her but she isn’t sure after the incident in 3rd grade. When she tells Jenna, she gets upset that Mia had hidden this from her, and ignores her from some time which sets off a series of events that make up the wonderful read, A Mango-Shaped Space.
Mia lives in an expanding house and has a cat named Mango. She has two siblings, an older sister, Beth, and a younger brother, Zach. Her best friend is Jenna Davis. She starts thinking about telling about telling her parents about her colors when she meets a boy named Billy Henkle. He tells her that her name is purple with orange stripes, and she says it is candy apple red with light green.
Billy makes Mia think if other people see colors like her but she isn’t sure after the incident in 3rd grade. When she tells Jenna, she gets upset that Mia had hidden this from her, and ignores her from some time which sets off a series of events that make up the wonderful read, A Mango-Shaped Space.