Esperanza Rising
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.
262 pages
English edition · First published 2000 by Scholastic Press · ISBN 9780439771252
Readers also shelved
Adoring Ink (Montgomery Ink, #6.5)Carrie Ann Ryan
Agent 21. [Bd. 2]. ReloadedChris Ryan
Agent 21Chris Ryan
A Heart on Its Knees: Inspired by the Biblical story of Hannah’s Battle with InfertilityMagnolia Ryan
A House of GhostsW. C. Ryan
An Immortal's Song (Dante's Circle, #6)Carrie Ann RyanBe the first to rate this book
Keep track of what you read
Book Nook is a free reading tracker with a 3D bookshelf, a reading timer, challenges with friends and a Reading Wrapped at the end of the year. Add Esperanza Rising to your shelf in one tap.