A story by this author ends with a foul-mouthed woman driving the protagonist to a Greyhound station in her pickup truck and musing on the title waterway. In a novel by this author, a group of boys steal a character’s keys and demand that she kiss each of them to get them back. The protagonist of a novel by this author explains that her name means “hope” in one language, but “sadness” in another. A character created by this author is abandoned by her more (*) sexually mature friend Sally at a carnival, which leads to her being sexually assaulted. A novel by this author is told in vignettes and chronicles a year in the life of Esperanza Cordero after her family moves to the title location. For 10 points, what Chicana author wrote The House on Mango Street? ■END■
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Elkhorn North | 48 | 20 |
| Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Innovation Academy A | 52 | 20 |
| John Hines-Shah | Hinsdale Central | Thomas Jefferson C | 52 | 20 |
| Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Saint Joseph | 57 | 20 |
| Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Mexico | 67 | 20 |
| Vincent Wang | Irvington A | Barrington B | 70 | 20 |
| Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Stevenson A | 70 | 20 |
| Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Thomas Jefferson B | 71 | 20 |
| Dillon Robertson | Carbondale | John Adams A | 73 | 20 |
| Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | John Adams B | 73 | 20 |
| Grace Sun | Stevenson B | Thomas Jefferson D | 73 | 0 |
| Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Detroit Catholic Central A | 78 | 20 |
| Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Chattahoochee A | 79 | 20 |
| Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 79 | 0 |
| Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | Dallas County | 88 | 10 |
| Alex Stumbur | Dunbar | Winston Churchill B | 88 | 0 |
| Arjun Kala | University Lab | Mira Loma | 88 | 10 |
| Bharathi Kancharla | Maggie Walker B | Moberly | 91 | 10 |
| Evan Lin | Woodland | Detroit Catholic Central B | 91 | 10 |
| Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Johns Creek A | 91 | 10 |
| Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Troy | 91 | 10 |
| Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Solon | 95 | 10 |
| Brodie Henry | West Point | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 95 | 10 |
| Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Richard Montgomery | 97 | 10 |
| Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Chattahoochee B | 98 | 10 |
| Charles Heydt | Midtown | Rockford Auburn A | 106 | 0 |
| Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Hoover B | 119 | 10 |
| Vien Nguyen | Maggie Walker A | Norris | 125 | 10 |
| Lily Thai | New Brighton | Johns Creek B | 137 | 10 |
| Colette Kendrick | Winston Churchill B | Dunbar | 137 | 10 |
| Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Heights | 138 | 0 |
| Joseph Harrison | Detroit Catholic Central C | Hunter B | 138 | 10 |
| Coby Thammavong | Rockford Auburn A | Midtown | 138 | 10 |
| David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Northmont B | 138 | 0 |
| Kyan van Beek | Lake Highland | Maggie Walker C | 138 | 0 |
| Bryce Cruise | Heights | Mercer County | 138 | 0 |
| Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Waukee | 138 | 0 |