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Esperanza Rising


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 32

Published: 2003

Great for age 7-17 years

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Esperanza is a young, rich girl living a fairy-tale life in the 1930s with her wealthy parents, grandmother and servants, on a vineyard and ranch in Mexico, El Rancho de Ias Rosas. She lives an idyllic life surrounded by love and the comfort of tradition: watching the grapepicking, attending harvest fiestas, gathering bouquets of roses, and listening to Papa and the working men singing Las Mananitas on her birthday. Then one day, her world falls apart. Her Papa is killed by bandits and her greedy uncles will stop at nothing to seize their land. After watching her home burn, Esperanza and her mother know that their way of life is over and that they must flee to the United States, learning from their former servants how to work to survive. There they face back-breaking work, violence and discrimination, but through all the hardship, Esperanza discovers happiness, and the importance of friendship and family.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2003 by Chicken House Ltd .

Pam Munoz Ryan is the recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature. She has written more than thirty books which have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. Pam lives near San Diego. You can visit her at www. pammunozryan. com.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award.

Pura Belpre Award - Author
This book was recognised in the Author category by the Pura Belpre Award.

Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.

LA Times Book Award - Fiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the La Times Book Award.

Golden Sower Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Golden Sower Award.

Willa Literary Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Willa Literary Award.

Parents' Choice Award
This book was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award.

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.

Bluebonnet Award
This book was recognised by the Bluebonnet Award.

Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Older Children
This book was recognised in the Older Children category by the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Grades 6-8
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award.

Jefferson Cup - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Jefferson Cup.

Americas Award - Grades 4-8
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-8 category by the Americas Award.

California Young Reader Medal - Middle School
This book was recognised in the Middle School category by the California Young Reader Medal.