Esperanza Rising | Pam Munoz Ryan

In Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, readers will hear the story of Esperanza who lived a wonderful life on her family's ranch's until tragedy strikes, and forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California. It is there that they settle in a Mexican farm labor camp, where Esperanza is not prepared for the hard work, financial struggles and lack of acceptance brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama gets sick, and a strike for better work conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above these difficult circumstances as their lives depend on it. Paperback, 262 pages.