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Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Esperanza rising / Pam Muñoz Ryan. - First edition. - 262 pages ; 22 cm

Contents of After Words guide: About the author -- Q & A with Pam Mu�noz Ryan -- Make your own Jamaica flower punch -- Making Mama's yarn doll -- Those familiar sayings -- What story do you have to tell?

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.

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Pura Belpr�e Author Award, 2002. Willa Literary Award for young adult book, 2001.

ISBN: 0439120411 9780439120418 043912042X 9780439120425 0439771250 9780439771252 9780439270038 0439270030

LCCN: 00024186

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mexican Americans--California--Juvenile fiction.
Agricultural laborers--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
California--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Young adult fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.R9553 / Es 2000 PS3568.Y3926 / E84 2000

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]