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A Mango Shaped Space

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Thirteen-year-old Mia Winchell appears to be the most normal kid in her family. Her younger brother Zack keeps a chart of all the McDonald's hamburgers he's eaten in his lifetime. Her older sister Beth dyes her hair a different color every week and might be a witch. But Mia knows she is far from ordinary. She is keeping something from everyone who knows her: the fact that sounds, numbers, and letters have color for her.

When trouble in school finally convinces Mia to reveal her secret, she feels like a freak. Her family and friends have trouble relating to her as she embarks on an intense journey of self-discovery. By the time she realizes she has isolated herself from all the people who care about her, it is almost too late. She has to lose something very special in order to find herself.

Customer Reviews (4.9 / 5 · 19 reviews)

George D. ★★★★★

I’ve read a lot of middle-grade fiction, but this one actually made me feel like I was inside Mia’s head, not just watching her story. The way her brother’s hamburger chart and her sister’s antics are woven in made the family feel so real. I finished it in two sittings because I couldn’t put it down

Joshua H. ★★★★★

The way Mia’s synesthesia is described, with colors attached to sounds and letters, felt so real I caught myself trying to picture my own name that way. It’s a rare book that makes you feel seen while telling a story this warm and weird. My eleven-year-old finished it in two sittings, and we’ve alre

Nicholas P. ★★★★★

I’ve read a lot of middle-grade books where the main character feels like a cardboard cutout, but Mia’s synesthesia is woven into the story in such a specific, sensory way that you really feel what she’s going through. The way her brother’s burger chart is described as a totally normal family quirk