inZone Book: Esperanza Rising (Reader's Workshop) - Softcover

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736228179 ISBN 13: 9780736228176

Publisher: National Geographic School Pub, 2005

Synopsis

In this novel, Esperanza lives like a queen on her family's ranch until her father's death forces her to work in the fields of California. Has she lost everything, or will she find the strength to rise above her problems?

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Read by Trini Alvarado
Approx. 4.5 hours
3 cassettes
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 fancy dresses adn 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.

About the Author

Pam Munoz Ryan grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California and now lives with her family near San Diego.  She based this story on the experiences of her maternal grandmother whose privileged life in Mexico was altered dramatically when she immigrated to the United States and went to work in a company-owned farm labor camp.  She is the author of the acclaimed Riding Freedom and Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, an ALA Notable Children's Book.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic School Pub
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736228179
• ISBN 13: 9780736228176
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264