Esperanza Rising

**CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN PRINT!**

A modern classic for our time and for all time―this beloved, award-winning bestseller resonates with fresh meaning for each new generation. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Rita Williams-Garcia.

Pura Belpre Award Winner

* "Readers will be swept up." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 10/01/2000
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780439120418

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 44286 / Esperanza Rising


Award: 2003 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee - Intermediate
Award: 2000 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature Honor Book - Grades 4-8
Award: 2003 Bluebonnet Awards Nominee - Children's
Award: 2003 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Children's Book
Award: 2003 California Young Reader Medal Nominee - Middle School
Award: 2002 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Author
Award: 2000 L.A. Times Book Prize Nominee - Young Adult Fiction
Award: 2001 WILLA Literary Award Winner - Young Adult
Award: 2004 Nutmeg Book Award Nominee - Grades 4-6
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Junior Book
Award: Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award Nominee - Children's
Award: 2003 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee - Grades 6-8
Award: 2004 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Nominee - Grades 4-8
Award: 2001 Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winner - Books for Older Children
Award: 2001 Jefferson Cup Notable - Young Adults
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book
Award: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee - Grades 4-6