01280cam a2200337 4500 84576835 TxAuBib 20110101120000.0 000216m20002001||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00024186 9780439120418 alk. paper 0439120411 alk. paper 9780439120425 pbk. 043912042X pbk. 9780439576178 0439576172 TxAuBib Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising / Pam Muñoz Ryan. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2000-2001. 262 p. ; 22 cm. 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. 750 Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 6.0 44286. 20110101. Mexican Americans California Juvenile fiction. Mexican Americans California Fiction. Agricultural laborers Fiction. California Fiction.