Esperanza Rising (2000)

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

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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.

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Awards & Honors: Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2003)
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Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Honorable Mention – 2000)

Azia Books Diversity Award (Listed)

California Young Reader Medal (Nominee – Middle School/Junior High, Grades 6-8 – 2003)

Cardinal Cup (Noteworthy – 2001)

Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2003)

Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2003)

FOCAL Award (2008)

Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee – Teen – 2003)

Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee – 2002)

Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Winner – Book for Older Children – 2001)

Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Medalist – 2001)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2003)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee – Division I - Grades 3-5 – 2004)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee – Division II - Grades 6-8 – 2004)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Meadowlark (Novel) – 2003)

Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 2004)

Pura Belpré Award (Winner – Narrative – 2002)

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee – 2004)

Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee – 2006)

South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee – Junior Book Award – 2003)

South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee – Prairie Pasque – 2003)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee – 2005)

Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee – 2003)

LA Times Book Prize (Finalist – Young Adult Literature – 2000)

Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee – Young Adult – 2003)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Middle School – 2003)

Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee – Young Adult – 2003)

William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2002-2003)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Middle Grade – 2003)

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Wisconsin Battle of the Books List (Middle Division – 2016)

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Canonical title

Esperanza Rising

Original title

Esperanza Rising

Alternative titles

Esperanza Rising (Book on CD)

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San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

California, USA

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Great Depression

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Epigraph

Aquel que hoy se cae, se levantará mañana.
He who falls today may rise tomorrow.

Es más rico el rico cuando empobrece que el pobre cuando enriquece.
The rich person is richer when he becomes poor, than the poor person when he becomes rich.

- Mexican proverbs

Dedication

To the memory of Esperana Ortega Muñoz Hernandez Elgart, mi abuelita.

Baskets of grapes to my editor, Tracy Mack, for patiently waiting for fruit to fall.

Roses to Ozella Bell, Jess Marquez, Don Bell, and Hope Muñoz Bell for sharing their stories.

Smooth stones and yarn dolls to Ibabel Schon, PhD., and Leticia Guadarrama, Teresa Mlawerr, and Macarena Salas for their expertise and assistance.

First words

"Our land is alive, Esperanza," said Papa, taking her small hand as they walked through the gentle slopes of the vineyard.

Quotations

Did you know that when you lie down on the land, you can feel it breathe? That you can feel it's heart beating?

"We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us."

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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.

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Esperanza grows up on a Mexican farm in a wealthy family. When her father is killed, she and her mother lose everything and must migrate to the US. There she must work and live as a poor immigrant. Finally, at the end, she and her family are reunited with her grandmother, who had to stay in Mexico due to injury.

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