num_pages: 275
description: Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and the promise of one day rising to Mama's position and presiding over all of Rancho de las Rosas. Tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There, Esperanza must confront the challenges of hard labor, acceptance by her own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression, while learning the value of family and community.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Esperanza Renace
titlecomplete: Esperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising)
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical, Cultural, Childrens, School, Young Adult, Family, Fiction
ratings_count: 98371
places: Aguascalientes, Los Angeles area, California
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Pura Belpré Award
category: Narrative
publisher: Turtleback Books