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Summary: Young Immigrants Featured Review
Review: Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan won the 2002 ALA Pura Belpre Award, and rightfully so. The book serves as an excellent tool for teaching about California history, the Great Depression, Mexican immigration, forced repatriation, and labor camps. Esperanza's transformation from a protected rich girl to an independent young woman is believable and engaging. Young readers will enjoy reading (or hearing their teacher read) about Esperanza's budding romance with Miguel, her struggles to care for two babies (including hand-washing cloth diapers!), and her decision to "rise" above natural feelings of jealousy and revenge to rescue another girl. The author's biographical notes at the end of the novel reveal how the "American Dream" came true for her family.
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Summary: A Historical Story from Riches to Rags
Review: Esperanza Rising is a beautifully told story of a 13 year old girl living a storybook life on Rancho del las Rosas with her father, mother and grandmother. Her life consists of private school, parties and the luxuries of Mexico's upper class. However, this all comes to a tragic end when her father is murdered. Her tyrannical uncle now owns the family land and he wants to marry Esperanza's mother and send Esperanza to boarding school. To escape the marriage, Esperanza and her mother emigrate to California with a family of their former ranch workers. Esperanza must live in the labor camp sharing one small house with two other families. Esperanza also must learn how to help out and do household chores. She doesn't even know how to hold a broom! When her mother becomes ill and must be hospitalized for months, Esperanza learns how to work in the fields to pay her mother's hospital bills. This is a story about the strength of family, growing up, the harsh realities of prejudice and hope. The roots for Pam Munoz Ryan's story begin with her own grandmother who told of her experiences emigrating to the US from Mexico and working in farm labor camps. This story illustrates the difficulties of life for farm laborers in the 1930s and is a good link to children's study of California history.
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Summary: Esperanza Rising
Review: Esperanza Rising was an interesting book to read. This book was about a girl that had challenges throughout her life to help her family succed in life. She worked in farm fields picking up crops everyday. Esperanza's mother had to depend on her ever since she got sick and couldnt work. Esperanza started having a stressful life but finaly found a way to help her self succed through her challenges. Its no wonder in Spanish, esperanza means "hope".
My opinion on this book is that everyone should read it and learn from her strugles. I thnk this book will be very emotional to others like it did to me. I dont really enjoy reading but this book really caught my attention since it was so interesting. I would recomend this book for others to read it. I really enjoyed reading this book.
i.e., Seattle, WA USA
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Summary: Historical Fiction Book Report
Review: Esperanza Rising, a historical fiction book written by Pam Munoz Ryan, is about a girl whos life was once rich and now suddenly poor. Esperanza, Ramona(mamma), and Sito Orgeto(papa) are the owners of El Rancho de la Rosas and thier servant boy is Miguel, but he is more than a servant, he is a friend. The Ranch is in Mexico where a terrible tragety happened forcing Esperanza, Mamma, and all the servants to move to the US to work without papa.
This is a heartbreaking story it happened during the 1900s. One day Esperanza waited and waited to see her dad but soon came Tio Luis came with the news and Sixto Orget's belt buckle. Not so long after Tio Luis asked mama to marry, but she said no. Then when he asked her to reconsider, she said yes with a trick up her sleve to sneak out of Mexico to the US. The reader will enjoy this story even though it's confusing in the beginning. Read past that and you'll get the story.
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Summary: A Pleasant Surprise
Review: First of all, I would like to say that to read this book would not be my first choice. In fact, a book called Esperanza Rising with a picture of a girl floating in the air is probably not any middle-schooler's first choice of a book. But, fortunatly, I have a really cool reading teacher that knows that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. Esperanza Rising is a story about an 12-year-old girl who lives in Mexico. She is fairly rich, and she lives on a big ranch with her parents. Then, her perfect life falls apart. Her father dies, her powerful uncle threatens her, and her house is burned down. Esperanza is forced to flee to the United States with her mother in poverty to work in a labor camp. It is the very life she has never known. This book tells Esperanza's story (A true one!) and how she must adjust to her new life. It is no wonder that in Spanish, Esperanza means, "Hope".
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Summary: Esperanza Rising
Review: Hi I am doing a book review on Esperanza Rising. This book was written by a Mexican author named Pam Munoz Ryan. She has also written another book called Riding Freedom. The book esperanza Rising has 264 pages. The genre of my book is adventure. The setting of Esperanza Rising takes place in 1924 in Mexico on a farm called El Rancho de las Rosas. In Esperanza Rising there is a girl named Esperanza. She has a mother and a father. But when her dad dies her whole world turns upside down because she was so close to him. I like the book Esperanza Rising because it talks about what life is like in Mexico.I also like itbecause it is an adventure, I think my mom should read this book because I know she likes books about friendship, and adventure. I think this book is for ages 11 and up because it has some uery hard words in it. Soif you don't blike books thay are a challenge then don't pick this book. If you would like to read Esperanza Rising then go to a library near you. Hope you like my book reveiw. Have a nice day. Bye!!
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Summary: Esperanza rising
Review: I like this book a lot because it has a lot of emotion like when her father died her mom got sick ect.,and most of all
it's a really realistic book/story because what happens to esperanza could happen for real.it's not a fairy tale.It is not fiction.That's why i like this book.At first you're not going to like Esperanza's charecter,but as her charecter changes you're going to like her more.
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Summary: From a random 7th Grader
Review: I liked the book because it really inspired me to try hard at everything. And, it also taught me to never be afraid to start over. The pages flowed. I felt like I couldn't put the book down. I rate this book five stars because it is an amazing work of art that you should definitely read.
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Summary: Riches to Poverty
Review: I read the Pura Belpré Award winning book Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. I give it four stars for its sensational plot and amazing characters.
This story hooks you from the very beginning. It's about a teenage girl who grew up on El Rancho de las Rosas, Aguascalientes, Mexico. She has a glorious life with expensive dresses, parties, and a loving Papa, Mama, and Abuelita. Her life suddenly turns upside down when her Papa is killed by a band of angry bandits on his way back from working in the fields. Esperanza, Mama, and the servant family escape from her angry uncles to a work camp in America. Esperanza must learn little tasks, such as sweeping or washing laundry, which she had never been faced with before. Mama's sudden illness of Valley Fever inspires Esperanza and gives her strength to bring her back to good health.
This story is based on the author's grandmother's real life experiences. You become close to the characters and can easily relate to their emotions. It's easy and enjoyable reading that also educates you on a true Mexican's life in an American work camp. It also informs you of striking within the camps; a feared and regular occurrence. Esperanza Rising gives you a foreign view of the important things in life. The story's beautiful ending and persevering characters is why I gave this book four stars. It gives you hope to never be afraid to start over.
Along with this book, I would also recommend The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.
I am an 8th grader who loves to read.
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Summary: Esperanza Rising, got my Esperanza Rising
Review: Imagine a wealthy family living in Aguascalientes, Mexico on El Rancho De Las Rosas, a large farm with a vineyard. In this family, there is a loving mother, a kind and generous father, a wise grandmother, and a young daughter. They live contentedly in a mansion and have many servants to do their bidding. The daughters name is Esperanza, and while she is waiting with excitement for her birthday, (coming the day after) her father is murdered by bandits. Esperanza's happy world suddenly crashes down upon her in a sea of grief and despair. Esperanza and what's left of her family make the long journey to America in hopes of creating a new life. They soon learn that America is not an easy place to make a living, and they have to work hard to support themselves. Things start to look up for Esperanza, until chaos enters her world again as her mother falls ill. Esperanza must work the hardest she ever has to single-handedly support her family, and must keep her hopes for a better life. In Spanish, Esperanza means hope, and her hope is certainly rising.
Set during World War 2, this historical fiction novel is one you just can't put down. I really enjoyed this book because while it was educational, it was a great story enriched with fabulous characters who you felt you really knew, fabulous settings, and Spanish phrases that helped to set the mood of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a captivating story that you won't want to put down, especially young girls and boys who need to learn how good their life is. This book won the Jane Adams Children's Award, and I certainly understand why. This book is very uplifting, saying: Aquel que hoy se cae, se levantara manana. He who falls today may rise tomorrow, and gives Esperanza to all.
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