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Esperanza Rising
Contributor(s): Ryan, Pam Muñoz (Author), Alvarado, Trini (Read by)

ISBN: 073933896X ISBN-13: 9780739338964
Publisher: Listening Library

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Binding Type: Compact Disc
Published: January 2007
Annotation: 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.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 10-13

Grade Level: 5-8

Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.54" W x 6.26" L (0.36 lbs) 4 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Ethnic Orientation - Chicano
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Unabridged

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Esperanza Ortega possesses all the treasures a young girl could want: fancy dresses; a beautiful home filled with servants in the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico; and the promise of one day rising to Mama's position and presiding over all of El Rancho de las Rosas.
But a sudden tragedy shatters that dream, forcing Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. There they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill from Valley Fever and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past and learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.

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