Esperanza Rising in Pick-a-Shelf

Feb 02, 2020 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: children, read-on-kobo, historical-fiction

Wow such a wonderful coming-of-age tale. When Esperanza lost her beloved Papa and all their worldly belongings, she and her mother had to escape from her uncle's greedy clutches. In doing so, she left the way of life she's ever known and learnt many hard (and some very embarrassing) lessons. However, with their faithful and supportive friends around her, Esperanza grew and became stronger than ever.

A highly recommended read for your children! I think I'm going to get my 10yo to read this first b ...more

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Feb 20, 2009 Holly Foley (Procida) rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult-juvenile

This is a terrific book to help kids appreciate what they have an imagine how hard it must be for immigrants to start all over. Sometimes the life a person has that you see is very different from a life they once had.

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Sep 02, 2019 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: california, young-adult, coming-of-age, historical-fiction, read-in-2019, mexico

Esperanza is the only child of a wealthy farmer in Mexico in the 1930's. Tragedy strikes and Esperanza and her mother flee to California where they work as laborers on a large farm. It is very tough for Esperanza to adjust to her new life. I admit Esperanza annoyed me at first, typical annoying teenager, but she grew on me. The book is also very topical dealing with immigration and the treatment of farm laborers. ...more

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