Esperanza rising

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The work Esperanza rising represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Esperanza rising

Statement of responsibility

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Creator

• Ryan, Pam Muñoz
• trueRyan, Pam Munoz

Subject

• Mexican Americans -- California -- Fiction
• trueMexican Americans
• trueMexican American teenage girls
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• Agricultural laborers -- Fiction
• California -- Fiction
• trueCalifornia -- History -- 20th century
• trueDepression era (1929-1941) -- 1929 -- 1941
• trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueImmigrants, Mexican
• trueMexican American migrant agricultural laborers
• trueMexican American families
• trueThirteen-year-old girls
• trueSocial classes
• trueMothers and daughters
• Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression

Theme

• trueImmigrant experiences

Storyline

• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueLyrical
• trueEngaging

Award

• Jane Addams Book Award for Books for Older Children, 2001.
• Pura Belpre Award for Narrative, 2002.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2002
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2001

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

750

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Target audience

pre adolescent