Esperanza rising
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction.; Mexican Americans -- California -- Fiction.; Agricultural laborers -- Fiction.; California -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; 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.