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Esperanza rising

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. Wh…

How to write haiku and other short poems

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780439409643

Collation

133 p. ; 20 cm.

Series Title

-V Level-960L

Call Number

GRL EL 808 JAN h

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