Esperanza Rising
New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 262 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
Agricultural laborers -- Juvenile fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
California -- Juvenile fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
Agricultural laborers -- Juvenile fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
California -- Juvenile fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 750L
ISBN:
0439120411 (alk. paper)
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Pura Belpré Children's Author Award Winner, 2002.