Esperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising) (Scholastic Gold) -- Pam Muñoz Ryan, Paperback

A Mexican Grapes of Wrath, based on a family story, from the award-winning author of Riding Freedom.

Esperanza Ortega tiene todos los tesoros que una chica pueda desear: hermosos vestidos, una linda casa llena de sirvientes en M xico, y la promesa de que un d a llegar a presidir el Rancho como su mam . Pero una tragedia inesperada destruye ese sue o, obligando a Esperanza y a su madre a escapar a California d nde tendr n que trabajar en una finca junto a otros mexicanos. All tendr que olvidar su pasado y enfrentarse a las nuevas realidades de su vida: trabajo duro, aceptaci n y dificultades econ micas. Esperanza descubrir que la verdadera riqueza est en la familia y la comunidad.

Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Publisher: Scholastic en Espanol
Published: 08/01/2002
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.66h x 5.30w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780439398855
Language: Spanish
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/01/2002 pg. 506

About the Author
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal and the Kirkus Prize for her New York Times bestselling novel, Echo, as well as the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature for her body of work. Her celebrated novels, Echo, Esperanza Rising, The Dreamer, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi Léon, and Paint the Wind, have received countless accolades, among them two Pura Belpré Awards, a NAPPA Gold Award, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and two Américas Awards. Her acclaimed picture books include Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and When Marian Sang, both illustrated by Brian Selznick, and Tony Baloney, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, as well as a beginning reader series featuring Tony Baloney. Ryan lives near San Diego, California, with her family.