TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ryan,Pam Muñoz
TI  - Esperanza rising
SN  - 0439120411 (alk. paper)
AV  - PZ7.R9553 Es 2000
U1  - [Fic] 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Mexican Americans
KW  - California
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Agricultural laborers
N1  - 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?; Read by Trini Alvarado
N2  - 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
ER  -