Esperanza Rising

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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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 05/01/2002
ISBN: 9780439120425
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.90d
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 07/01/2002 pg. 82
Booksense '76 Childrens Fall02 08/01/2002 pg. 1
Kliatt 11/01/2002 pg. 20
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2002
Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 44286 / Esperanza Rising
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6