Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan
(Juvenile Fiction - J Ryan)

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. Suggested for ages 8–12.


Hispanic Experiences

  • What Can You Do with a Paleta?


  • Abuela


  • Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States


  • Esperanza Rising


  • What Can You Do with a Paleta?


  • The First Rule of Punk


  • The First Rule of Punk


  • Tortilla Sun


  • Niño Wrestles the World


  • The Dreamer


  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music


  • Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match


  • Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras


  • Alma and How She Got Her Name


  • Yes! We Are Latinos


  • Lola Levine Is Not Mean


  • The Other Half of Happy


  • The Other Half of Happy


  • Abuela


  • Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote


  • Alma and How She Got Her Name


  • Tortilla Sun


  • 90 Miles to Havana


  • Niño Wrestles the World


  • Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras


  • 90 Miles to Havana


  • Mango, Abuela, and Me


  • Yes! We Are Latinos


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music


  • The Dreamer


  • Dreamers


  • Lola Levine Is Not Mean


  • Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States


  • Dreamers


  • Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match


  • Mango, Abuela, and Me


  • Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote