Esperanza Rising
Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5
Lexile® measure: 750L
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: V
Genre/Theme:
- Historical Fiction
Topics:
- Great Depression
- Hispanic and Latin American
- Social Issues and Conditions
- Social Studies Through Literature
- Equality, Fairness and Justice
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About This Book
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 and servants like 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 and learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
Pam Munoz Ryan reads from Esperanza Rising.
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Pam Munoz Ryan: Watch a video interview with Pam Muñoz Ryan.Pam Muñoz Ryan was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, in the San ... Read More.
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