num_pages: 262
description: When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses adn servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
language: English
title: Esperanza Rising
titlecomplete: 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: Scholastic, Inc.