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Esperanza rising

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When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without the fancy dresses and 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

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Series Title

-V Level-750L

Call Number

GRL EL F RYA e

Publisher

New York : Scholastic., 2000

Collation

262 p. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780439120425

Classification

F

Content Type

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Media Type

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Carrier Type

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Edition

1st ed.

Subject(s)

Mothers and daughters
Mexican Americans
California
Rich people
Strikes and lockouts
Immigrant families

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Statement of Responsibility

Pam Mu?oz Ryan.

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