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Esperanza rising Cover Image Book

Esperanza rising / Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Ryan, Pam Muñoz (author).

Summary:

When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without the fancy dresses and servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780439120418
  • ISBN: 0439120411
  • ISBN: 9780439576178
  • ISBN: 0439576172
  • ISBN: 9780439120425
  • ISBN: 043912042X
  • ISBN: 9780439771252
  • ISBN: 0439771250
  • ISBN: 9780439270038
  • ISBN: 0439270030
  • ISBN: 9780756910563
  • ISBN: 0756910560
  • ISBN: 9780613538077
  • ISBN: 0613538072
  • Physical Description: 262 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, [2000].

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
750L Lexile
750L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 6.0.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 6.0 44286.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 6 44286.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.5 11 Quiz: 21997 Guided reading level: V.
Accelerated Reader Middle Grade 5.3 6.0 Kilgore Intermediate.
Awards Note:
Américas Award Honorable Mention, 2000
Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2001
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2001
Pura Belpré Author Award, 2002
Willa Literary Award for young adult book, 2001

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Subject:
Mexican Americans > California > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant families > Juvenile fiction.
Rich people > Juvenile fiction.
Strikes and lockouts > Juvenile fiction.
California > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 121 of 137 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 137 total copies.
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