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Pura Belpr� Award Winner
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society
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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.
- Sales Rank: #3415 in Audible
- Published on: 2003-10-31
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 275 minutes
From Publishers Weekly
Told in a lyrical, fairy tale - like style, Ryan's (riding Freedom) robust novel set in 1930 captures a Mexican girl's fall from riches, her immigration to California and her growing awareness of class and ethnic tensions. Thirteen-year-old Esperanza Ortega and her family are part of Mexico's wealthy, land-owning class in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Her father is a generous and well-loved man who gives his servants land and housing. Early in the novel, bandits kill Esperanza's father, and her corrupt uncles threaten to usurp their home. Their servants help her and her mother flee to the United States, but they must leave Esperanza's beloved Abuelita (grandmother) behind until they can send for her. Ryan poetically conveys Esperanza's ties to the land by crafting her story to the rhythms of the seasons. Each chapter's title takes its name from the fruits Esperanza and her countrymen harvest, firs in Aguascalientes, then in California's San Joaquin Valley. Ryan fluidly juxtaposes world events (Mexico's post-revolution tensions, the arrival of Oklahoma's Dust Bowl victims and the struggles between the U.S. government and Mexican workers trying to organize) with one family's will to survive - while introducing readers to Spanish words and Mexican customs. Readers will be swept up by vivid descriptions of California dust storms or by the police crackdown on a labor strike ("The picket signs lay on the ground, discarded, and like a mass of marbles that had already been hit, the strikers scattered?"). Ryan delivers subtle metaphors via Abuelita's pearl's of wisdom, and not until story's end will readers recognize how carefully they have been strung. Ages 9-14. (Oct.)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9-Ryan uses the experiences of her own Mexican grandmother as the basis for this compelling story of immigration and assimilation, not only to a new country but also into a different social class. Esperanza's expectation that her 13th birthday will be celebrated with all the material pleasures and folk elements of her previous years is shattered when her father is murdered by bandits. His powerful stepbrothers then hold her mother as a social and economic hostage, wanting to force her remarriage to one of them, and go so far as to burn down the family home. Esperanza's mother then decides to join the cook and gardener and their son as they move to the United States and work in California's agricultural industry. They embark on a new way of life, away from the uncles, and Esperanza unwillingly enters a world where she is no longer a princess but a worker. Set against the multiethnic, labor-organizing era of the Depression, the story of Esperanza remaking herself is satisfyingly complete, including dire illness and a difficult romance. Except for the evil uncles, all of the characters are rounded, their motives genuine, with class issues honestly portrayed. Easy to booktalk, useful in classroom discussions, and accessible as pleasure reading, this well-written novel belongs in all collections.
Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA
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From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Moving from a Mexican ranch to the company labor camps of California, Ryan's lyrical novel manages the contradictory: a story of migration and movement deeply rooted in the earth. When 14-year-old Esperanza's father is killed, she and her mother must emigrate to the U.S., where a family of former ranch workers has helped them find jobs in the agricultural labor camps. Coming from such privilege, Esperanza is ill prepared for the hard work and difficult conditions she now faces. She quickly learns household chores, though, and when her mother falls ill, she works packing produce until she makes enough money to bring her beloved abuelita to the U.S.. Set during the Great Depression, the story weaves cultural, economic, and political unrest into Esperanza's poignant tale of growing up: she witnesses strikes, government sweeps, and deep injustice while finding strength and love in her family and romance with a childhood friend. The symbolism is heavy-handed, as when Esperanza ominously pricks her finger on a rose thorne just before her father is killed. But Ryan writes movingly in clear, poetic language that children will sink into, and the books offers excellent opportunities for discussion and curriculum support. Gillian Engberg
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
the other young girls mock her for not knowing how to do simple everyday tasks like sweeping or doing laundry
By Alicia Rene Savoir
Esperanza is a privileged wealthy girl from Aguascalientes, Mexico. After her father is killed just before her birthday, her corrupt uncles make living in her home difficult. After “proposing” to Esperanza’s mother, Ramona, and being immediately shot down, the uncle somehow has the house set on fire in the middle of the night. The mother is no longer financially capable of rebuilding and is left two options, marry her deceased husband’s brother, or flee to the States and try to survive with her daughter. Ramona cannot bear the thought of marrying her corrupt brother-in-law and escapes to the States with her former house servants and Esperanza. From the fire, their beloved Abuelita, Esperanza’s grandmother, is forced to stay behind until she is well and can join them. When they make it to the States, Esperanza struggles to adjust to her new life, the other young girls mock her for not knowing how to do simple everyday tasks like sweeping or doing laundry. In her world everyone did these things for her; her only job was to be a child. She struggled with caring for the babies while her mother left for the day and went to work, but eventually somewhat adjusted. After a sudden dust tornado, her mother falls ill and is unable to work. This is the motivation that drives Esperanza to change her spoiled ways and start to work in the place of her mother. For months Esperanza saves money in the hopes to reunite her Abuelita and her mother. For months Esperanza’s mother showed no signs of recovery, eventually got pneumonia and was no longer allowed visitors. On top of being thrown into this new world the threat of an uprising amongst the workers threatened Esperanza’s hopes of saving enough to continue to help her mother and Abuelita. After all her hard work she discovers that her mother is well again and free to come home, but is still very depressed from the recent events in her life. In hopes to pull her out of depression she tells her mother about the money she’d been saving, only to find it gone. Miguel, her childhood friend and at times her bully of sorts, had stolen her money and gone to Northern California. After a few weeks, Miguel returns and surprises everyone with Abuelita. This is exactly what Esperanza had been hoping for and it healed her mother and they were all together again.
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Mu�oz Ryan is a fantastic read for an intro high school Spanish class. As a Foreign Language Education Major, with the hopes of becoming a high school Spanish teacher, this book is a perfect avenue with which to learn about Mexican culture. It has many Mexican themes while incorporating some Spanish words, directly translated after in English. There are so many adult themes that many teenage students are unaware of that are incorporated into the book. The way the themes are presented is very accommodating to helping the students understand the content, without being overwhelmed. The story is written from the view of a young girl, Esperanza, and her life from living in Mexico to escaping to the United States. The author does well to tear down and the common stereotype that Mexicans are “dirty” and “under-educated” and instead tells about the hardships that many Mexican immigrants faced and still face when coming to the United States where their skills and education does not matter to the American landowners that they work for. This theme can be controversial, but is one that should be discussed and amended, which would be an excellent way to generate an open class discussion. The section of the book that describes Esperanza’s uncles and their power over the town and how they take advantage of their power for corrupt purposes can easily be related to any time period, not solely the 1930s in Mexico. The book is also written for a younger audience so it is a very quick and easy read which helps the students feel less overwhelmed and hopefully halts any chance of anyone falling behind. The setup of the book is also very conducive to a classroom setting, as it can be broken up into different sections that can be distributed however the teacher wishes. Overall, it is a great read for any class, but especially for a Spanish class studying Mexican culture.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Finding Hope and Happiness
By swolfe
Esperanza Rising, written by Pam Mu�oz Ryan, is a story of love, loss, and hope, set in Mexico during the 1930’s, just after the Mexican Revolution. Esperanza – the main character – is a young girl living on her family’s well-established vineyard in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Compared to those around them, Esperanza and her family live a very wealthy and lavish lifestyle, full of finer things. Raised by her loving parents, Ramona and Sixto Ortega, Abuelita (her grandmother), and long-time servants Hortensia and Alfonso, Eperanza has grown accustomed to her life with parties, her lovely dresses, dolls, and everyone treating her like the princess she believes she is. However, everything Esperanza has ever known comes crashing down around her when bandits attack and kill her father on the eve of her 13th birthday.
Now, Esperanza, her mother Ramona, and Abuelita had a dilemma and a tough decision to make. Since her father – the head of the household – was no longer living and able to take care of them, Esperanza’s mother could not take his place, so they only had two options; Ramona could choose to stay and marry her husband’s evil, money-hungry brother, or they could take a risk, and go with Hortensia, Alfonso, and their son Miguel to America, the land of opportunity. In hopes to give themselves a better life than what they would have if they stayed in Mexico, Esperanza and her mother make the long and dangerous journey to America with their friends, leaving behind Abuelita because she was too weak. They promised each other that they would be reunited again soon.
Coming to America is a major change from what Esperanza and her mother are used to, and it proves to be especially hard on Esperanza. Now she is an equal to the servants she once had, working long hours with little pay. When her mother suddenly becomes ill with a life-threatening disease, Esperanza shows everyone the woman she is becoming, working hard despite her frustrations and challenges. She holds onto hope (the meaning of her name), saving up enough money to bring Abuelita home and to pay her mother’s steadily rising medical bills. With the story being set in the Depression era, this is not an easy task, especially for someone of Esperanza’s age. “He who falls today may rise tomorrow” is a Mexican proverb quoted at the beginning of the book, and its meaning rings true to the story of Esperanza. Esperanza Rising is the coming-of-age story of a girl who loses practically everything and everyone she loves, and just when she reaches her lowest point, she finds a way to rise again, overcome her obstacles, and find joy and happiness in her new home with the people she cares most about.
Pam Mu�oz Ryan writes the story from the perspective of Esperanza, and the book has a wise and poetic but still light style to it, almost as though the reader is right there maturing alongside Esperanza; Ryan’s writing draws the reader in well. The book also offers an insightful look inside the Hispanic culture, with references and translations throughout the book. In the “About the Author” section at the end of the book, Pam Mu�oz Ryan states that her grandmother especially influenced her writing, and that Esperanza Rising is based on her immigration story.
A Pura Belpr� Award Winner, Esperanza Rising is a well-written story of kindness and determination that can be enjoyed by an audience of all ages. From the time it starts, it is hard to put down and you will never want it to end – a definite page-turner! I would highly recommend this book to anyone for pleasure or as an educational tool, as it offers a wonderful and thoughtful look inside a different culture and time period.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
What a wonderful story of perseverance, love, family and determination.
By P wells
This book is based on a true story. My 5th grader was assigned to read this in class so I read along with him. What a wonderful story of perseverance, love, family and determination. Esperanza was a spoiled rich girl from Mexico. With one tragedy, her entire world if turned upside down. She is forced to flea to America and become a working peasant. She has many struggles while learning how to work for everything she needs. She also has an amazing support system in her family and friends. This book depicts life of an immigrant during the great depression in the fields of California.
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