Esperanza rising / Pam Muñoz Ryan.
Material type:
TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print mini-collectionsPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2018Edition: Large print editionDescription: 261 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781432861957
- 1432861956
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | RYAN PAM MUNO | Available | 33111009547023 |
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A Pura Belpré Award WinnerA Willa Cather Award WinnerA Newbery Award Winning AuthorALA Top Ten Best Books for Young AdultsA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearEsperanza 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.Grades 6-8 | Ages 8 and up | Lexile 750
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.