A Mango Shaped Space

Mia has always been a little bit different. How may you ask? She sees colors for every letter. Not in her head but every where she goes. If she reads a book, she'll see colors instead of black and white paper. When somebody talks, Mia will have a color for every letter in her head. If she hears something, geometric shapes will appear all around her and absorb her with colors and shapes everywhere.

Mia has always thought since she was a little girl that every one sees colors and shapes like her, until third grade she found out nobody else did. Her parents just found out about Mia and she is now in seventh grade.

Things have gotten worse. She finds out that she has a disease that nobody has heard of, and people start treating her differently at school. They ask her what color their names are and tell her she should be put in a class for special kids. To top it off she has trouble in math and gets horrible grades. All because of this her best friend starts to fade away from her.

Can Mia resolve this color seeing? Will she and her friend come back together? Will Mia start to be treated like a normal human? Find out by reading A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass.

I give this book 8 Bananas!