Description: Esperanza Rising joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances-because Mama's life, and her own, depe Book and Mortar Record Store Esperanza Rising -- Pam Mu?oz Ryan Esperanza Rising joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances-because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it. Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan Publisher: Scholastic Press Published: 05/01/2002 Pages: 262 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.45lbs Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.90d ISBN: 9780439120425 Audience: Ages 9-12 Accelerated Reader: Reading Level: 5.3 Point Value: 6 Interest Level: Middle Grade Quiz #/Name: 44286 / Esperanza Rising Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee Review Citation(s): PW Notes and Reprints 07/01/2002 pg. 82 Booksense '76 Childrens Fall02 08/01/2002 pg. 1 Kliatt 11/01/2002 pg. 20 Publishers Weekly 07/08/2002 Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111 About the Author Pam Muñoz Ryan is the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal and the Kirkus Prize for her New York Times bestselling novel, Echo, as well as the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature for her body of work. Her celebrated novels, Echo, Esperanza Rising, The Dreamer, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi Léon, and Paint the Wind, have received countless accolades, among them two Pura Belpré Awards, a NAPPA Gold Award, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and two Américas Awards. Her acclaimed picture books include Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and When Marian Sang, both illustrated by Brian Selznick, and Tony Baloney, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, as well as a beginning reader series featuring Tony Baloney. Ryan lives near San Diego, California, with her family.
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Artist: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Release Title: Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold)
Record Label: Scholastic
Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Children's Books,Growing Up & Facts of Life,Family
Label: Scholastic
Album: Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold)
Book Title: Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold)
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2002
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino, Social Themes / Adolescence, General, People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Item Length: 7.6 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
