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Esperanza rising / Pam Muñoz Ryan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, ©2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: 262 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0439120411
  • 9780439120418
  • 0439576172
  • 9780439576178
  • 043912042X
  • 9780439120425
  • 0439771250
  • 9780439771252
  • 9780439270038
  • 0439270030
Subject(s):
Contents:
Contents of After Words guide: About the author -- Q & A with Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Make your own Jamaica flower punch -- Making Mama's yarn doll -- Those familiar sayings -- What story do you have to tell?
Awards:
  • Willa Literary Award for young adult book, 2001.
  • Pura Belpré Author Award, 2002.
Summary: 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.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction Ryan Pam Muno Checked out 05/28/2024 33111011057409
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Ryan Pam Muno Available 33111011277320
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A timeless immigration story and beloved, award-winning modern classic, perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Rita Williams-Garcia.

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.

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.

Contents of After Words guide: About the author -- Q & A with Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Make your own Jamaica flower punch -- Making Mama's yarn doll -- Those familiar sayings -- What story do you have to tell?

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 6.0. BSCL

Willa Literary Award for young adult book, 2001.

Pura Belpré Author Award, 2002.

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