Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Author: Pam Munoz RyanReader: Trini Alvarado
Edition: Music CD
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2007-01-09
ISBN: 073933896X
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Book Reviews of Esperanza Rising
Book Review: Beautifully written and moving
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on her grandmother's experiences as an immigrant and a migrant worker in the 1930's. Ryan has written a beautiful and sensitive book about a young girl who is forced to flee her home and her sheltered life in Mexico to becme a migrant worker in the US.
Highly recommended!
Summary of Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses; a beautiful home filled with servants in the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico; and the promise of one day rising to Mama’s position and presiding over all of El Rancho de las Rosas.But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp.?There they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression.? When Mama falls ill from Valley Fever and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past and learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
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