Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Author: Pam Munoz RyanBrand: Scholastic
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN: 043912042X
Number of pages: 262
Publisher: Scholastic
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- ISBN13: 9780439120425
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Cenicienta to campesina, and una reina all the way JDM
Summary: 4 Stars
Esperanza rising is the saga of a girl who lived as a princess in Mexico, and her trip from there to knowing not what it is like to be rich and happy but what it is to be one of the poor people she so looked down on, back when she was the snobby, callous Esperanza. Esperanza's family consists of her, her father, her mother, and her abuelita. One year, during the harvesting season, which is the month of Esperanza's birthday, papa is out mending a fence with her family friend named Miguel, and is attacked by revolutionists who hate papa for being rich. Esperanza mourns for days and days wearing black all through her birthday, even while she recieves the porcelain doll that papa planned to give her, for she knows it will be the last. Her uncles sort out the will of her father, and it leaves the house and grapes to Ramona (Esperanza's mother), but the land surrounding the house must go to Tio Luis. Tio Luis proposes that Ramona marry him, but she does not acquiece to his proposal, and so he goes away Esperanza knowing he will get his way one way or another. Not too long after that day, a mysterious fire breaks out, and the house and grapes are destroyed. Almost nothing is left from the rubble, and the family and servants barely make it out alive. Now they must either make Ramona marry Tio Luis, or leave to America. Abuelita has broken her ankle in the fire, and so even if they decide to leave she will have to stay behind. She says that is fine, and she will come to America when she is better. The next day, they leave on a train to Los Angeles, and along the way Esperanza meets filthy poor people who she discriminates against by treating them all as if they are animals. She is confused by her mother's kindness towards the people who are lower than her, and surely not worth her time. She wonders why it is that while before she was to avoid the poor, and ignore them, now she is free to mingle with and take candy from them? She is dropped off in Los Angeles, and meets Juan, isabel, and Josefina, the people who she will be living next to while she works at the camps. Along the way they see a friend of theirs named Marta, and her mother, so they decide to pick her up. She ridicules Esperanza and acts like she is an evil person. They drop her off at her labor camp and continue on to their own.Once at the labor camp, Esperanza sees her surroundings and cannot believe the cabins size with only a bedroom and a kitchen which also has a matress in it. She tries to fit in, doing the best she can at her jobs, tending the babies and sweeping the wooden platform, but is laughed at when she tries to sweep the platform because she cannot sweep. She asks miguel how to sweep, and he tells her so she can do it right, however, she realizes she cannot ask Miguel everything and tells Isabel that she will tellher all about her life if she will teach her how to work, and and a deal is made. That Friday, a jamaica is going on, and there is a box of kittens being given away. Isabel wants a kitten, and Esperanza goes to ask Isabel's mother if Isabel can have one. While Esperanza is out Marta begins rallying for a strike, saying that things will become etterif they all strike together. A few days after that, while mama is out in the sheds, a dust storm arises and is headed for them. Esperanza hopes mama is fine while she is working, and that the trucks that go to pick up the workers reach them in time. When the dust storm is over and mama returns, she has a bad cough. It gets worse over time, and at one point it gets so bad that she must se a doctor over her condition. He diagnoses that she has sun valley fever, a disease of the lungs that cause rampant coughing, and she must go to a hospital. Esperanza decides that she must work to bring abuelita to her, so she canknow what to do, but to do that she must begin working. Her work pays off mama's medical fees, and her money is compiling to form the fund that will bring abuelita to them. Th strikers begin to interfere with work by putting things in the boxes of asparagus that the workers are unloading, which slows them down because they are extremely cautious of the crates filled with these green vegetables. The plantation owners decide that this is bad for buisness, and the immigration police comes and hauls them all away. Miguel finds at the motor shop in the train station and so the family rejoices over his newfound job. All the while, more oakies are pouring in, and willing to work for less and less money. One day Esperanza finds Marta hiding near the crates of rubber bands used to tie asparagus, and out of kindness, she does not tell anyone she is there. At the hospital mama is getting better and is allowed to come home, so long as she continues to rest. As more oakies pour in, Miguel loses his job at the train station, and while Esperanza and him are talking, a fight breaks out and Miguel leaves. He goes off to Mexico to get Abuelita in secret, and brings her back to Esperanza and Ramona. Esperanza's mother has gotten much better, and so she is out of bed. Esperanza's birthday approaches, and she isfeeling happy for the first time in what seems like ages. She goes of to the hill and sees something from her past and sommething from her future, both standing on the same side of the river.
Summary of Esperanza Rising
A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment.
Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.
Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.
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