Ryan, Pam Muñoz. <br/><br/>
Esperanza rising / 
Pam Muñoz Ryan. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Scholastic Press,  c2000. 
 - 262 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Contents of After Words guide: About the author -- Q & A with Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Make your own Jamaica flower punch -- Making Mama's yarn doll -- Those familiar sayings -- What story do you have to tell? 
<br/><br/>Read by Trini Alvarado. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Pura Belpré Author Award, 2002.  Willa Literary Award for young adult book, 2001. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0439120411 (alk. paper) 9780439120418 (alk. paper) 0439576172 (pbk.) 9780439576178 (pbk.) 043912042X (pbk.) 9780439120425 (pbk.) 0439771250 (pbk.) 9780439771252 (pbk.) 9780439270038 0439270030 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00024186 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican Americans--California--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Agricultural laborers--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.R9553  / Es 2000 PS3568.Y3926  / E84 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]