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  • Esperanza Renace (Spanish Edition)

Esperanza Renace
(Spanish Edition)

Publication Date
August 01, 2002
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
Spanish
Esperanza Renace (Spanish Edition)

Description
Unas uvas mexicanas de la ira, basada en una historia familiar, del galardonado autor de Riding Freedom.

Esperanza Ortega tiene todos los tesoros que una chica pueda desear: hermosos vestidos, una linda casa llena de sirvientes en México, y la promesa de que un día llegará a presidir el Rancho como su mamá. Pero una tragedia inesperada destruye ese sueño, obligando a Esperanza y a su madre a escapar a California dónde tendrán que trabajar en una finca junto a otros mexicanos. Allí tendrá que olvidar su pasado y enfrentarse a las nuevas realidades de su vida: trabajo duro, aceptación y dificultades económicas. Esperanza descubrirá que la verdadera riqueza está en la familia y la comunidad.
Publication date
August 01, 2002
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780439398855
Publisher
Scholastic en Espanol
BISAC categories
JUV039070 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Pam Muñoz Ryan is a native of California. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees at San Diego State University and she worked as a bilingual teacher and an early childhood administrator before dedicating herself full-time to writing. She wrote her first book at the age of 32 at the encouragement of a friend. She has written many picture books for young children and novels for older students. Pam lives in California with her husband and four children. She often speaks at schools and conferences about writing and literacy.