Esperanza rising
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Series: The exchange
Publisher: Hampton-Brown
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Carmel, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780736228176
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Mexican Americans; Agricultural laborers; Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes introductions, questions, and on-page glossaries.

Pura Belpré Author Award, 2002.