Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
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.

About The Author

Pam Muñoz Ryan grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California and now lives with her family near San Diego. She has written over 40 books for children and young adults, including the acclaimed Riding Freedom and Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, an ALA Notable Children's Book. She is a recipient of the National Education Association's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and the Ludington Award.Trini Alvarado, a multitalented stage and screen actress, has been appearing onscreen since the late 1970s. She has narrated numerous Listening Library audiobooks, including Tamora Pierce's the Song of the Lioness series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Phoenix on January 09, 2023

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is a wonderful novel about emigrants from Mexico during the great depression time. It is a story about a girl who was raised in a wealthy home and finds herself on the other shores and is very poor. This story can hear you up no matter what age you are. It was fun......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on January 10, 2023

This book brings a smile to my face even twenty years later. Just such a beautiful story!......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on July 09, 2018

De mult nu am mai găsit într-un roman atâta candoare, dragoste și optimism! M-a făcut să-mi fie dor de vremea când mergeam cu bunicii și părinții la câmp. Mâncam la prânz ouă fierte dimineața și ținute sub pom, la umbră, până atunci, iar sarea era într-un flacon de medicamente, normal. Mă întreb ce......more

Goodreads review by Xueting on January 20, 2016

What a beautiful and beautifully simple story! I love the angles of perspective, the rich culture and largely ignored history of the Mexican repatriation, that the author explores. It's even better to learn that the author based the story largely on very true events of her grandmother's time. Espera......more

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