TY - BOOK AU - Ryan,Pam Muñoz TI - Esperanza rising SN - 0439120411 (alk. paper) AV - PZ7.R9553 Es 2000 U1 - F RYN /O 21 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Agricultural laborers KW - Fiction KW - Mexican Americans KW - California KW - sears N1 - School Library Journal starred; Wilson's Children; Wilson's Junior High School; Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009; Booklist, March 2001; Horn Book, January 2001; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001; Pub Weekly, October 2000; School Library Journal starred, October 2000; Teacher Librarian, April 2003; Wilson's Children, October 2006; Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005; 6.2; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - 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 ER -