Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
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Esperanza Rising

Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan

Narrator: Trini Alvarado

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/23/2003


Synopsis

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 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.

Author Bio

Pam Muñoz Ryan was born in Bakersfield, California. Like her character in “Matchmaker,” she was an obsessive reader by seventh grade. She has written over forty books, including Esperanza Rising, inspired by her Mexican grandmother’s immigration story. It garnered many awards, including the Pura Belpré Medal. Later novels include Becoming Naomi León, Echo—which won a Newbery Honor and the Kirkus Prize—and Mañanaland as well as The Dreamer, another recipient of the Pura Belpré Medal. She is also the author of the historical fiction picture book, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and the biography When Marian Sang, both illustrated by Brian Selznick. In 2018, Pam was the US candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

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