Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Title: Esperanza Rising Genre: Realistic Fiction Author: Pam Munoz Ryan Illustrator : Joe Cepeda Major Awards: Pura Belpre Age group : 4th-7th Summary This is the story of a girl named Esperanza. She lives a lavish comfy life in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Esperanza can have anything she wants just by asking for it. Her father is a wealthy landowner who spoils Esperanza because she is his only child. Unfortunately tensions still run high since the Mexican Revolution has ended. There is a lot of resentment from poor people to the landowners and Esperanza's father is tangled up with it. Her father is killed as he's working on his land and that leaves the land open for his evil brother to take over. Esperanza's mom is given the choice to marry this evil man or flee the country before he can catch them. So in that instance they choose to flew to America. Their they join a family friends company and work on their far...