"From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a literary legend's life and career. From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico, in a region where "my ancestors lived for centuries," the places Sandra Cisneros has lived...

Jem and his sister, Scout, are forced out of the cocoon of a secure and happy childhood. When they spread their wings they find their world is not as they supposed, and under the tranquil surface there is much that is ugly. In the space of two and a half years they have to deal with prejudice, injustice, racism and the killing of an innocent man. Then there is the murder-- This version of Harper Lee's To kill a mockingbird uses a unique graphic format...