![]() When Esperanza's family arrives in the United States, which is currently in the grip of the Great Depression, they settle in a farm camp in Arvin, California. Esperanza and the rest of her family decide to travel to the United States. Esperanza's grandmother, Abuelita, is injured during the fire and is sent to a convent where she can recover. When she refuses, he burns down the ranch. He offers to continue to care for them and their ranch if Esperanza's mother, Ramona, will marry him. Her uncle Luis reveals that he now owns their land. ![]() At her birthday party, she receives a doll from him. The day before Esperanza's 13th birthday, her father is murdered while working on the ranch. ![]() The book received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Muñoz Ryan's writing and concluded that it was suitable for classroom discussion.Įsperanza Ortega, the daughter of wealthy landowners, lives in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 1930 on her family's ranch with her mother, father, and grandmother. Esperanza, her mother, and their former household servants flee to California with no money during the Great Depression, where they find agricultural work that pays very little. The novel focuses on Esperanza, the only daughter of wealthy Mexican parents, and follows the events that occur after her father's murder. ![]() ![]() Esperanza Rising is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Mexican-American author Pam Muñoz Ryan and released by Scholastic Publishing on 27 March 2000. ![]()
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