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Title details for Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan - Available

Esperanza Rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Trini Alvarado
Audiobook
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Read by Trini Alvarado
Approx. 4.5 hours
3 cassettes
When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses adn 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.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:750
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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