Esperanza Rising
by Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Publishers Weekly Best BookJane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BNCTE Notable Children's Books in the LanYALSA Top TenPura Belpré Award/Honor BookJefferson Cup Award/HonorAmericas Award for Children's LiteratureSmithsonian's Notable Book
Prefer borrowing? Open Library may have a digital copy too.
AR Book Level
5.3
AR Points
6
Word Count
41,905
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
44286 EN
About this book
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to work in the labor camps of Southern California on the eve of the Great Depression.