Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold)

Books | Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 20th Century

4.1

(2.5K)

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Esperanza Rising joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances-because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

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Author

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pages

304

Publisher

Scholastic Inc.

Published Date

2012-10-01

ISBN

0545532345 9780545532341

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"Great storytelling story of how a rich Mexican family turned poor comes to live in the America's for a what they hope to be a better life set in the great depression "

Elliana Chavez

"took me back to my childhood, such a tragedy turned into happiness"

tina

"I loved this book as a kid. I need to reread it "

"I really felt the emotion when her dad died and I could relate to it. So it was very good and it is very hard to get ideas on paper like that so I would say that is my favorite part "