Ryan, Pam Muñoz. <br/><br/>
Esperanza rising / 
Pam Muñoz Ryan. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  2000. 
 - 262 p. ;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/> Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. 
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<br/><br/> Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2002 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0439120411 (alk. paper) 9780439120418 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00024186 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agricultural laborers--Fiction.<br/>Mexican Americans--California--Fiction.<br/>Agricultural laborers--Fiction.<br/>Mexican Americans--California--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Fiction.<br/>California--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.R9553  / Es 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>F RYN /O