Esperanza Rising tells the story of a young Mexican girl whose wealthy father is killed in a mysterious bandit raid during the onset of America's Great Depression. Forced to flee along with her mother from the wrath of her father's killer, her uncle Luis, Esperanza journeys to America where life is difficult and her moneyed past no longer counts for another. She is forced to adapt to a world of hard work and little mercy.
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is the story of a Mexican girl who becomes a migrant worker in California Making such a big move in life is never easy but Esperanza must rise above even more problems than most immigrants do In one year she aces many difficulties that change her and make her a better person Migrants often come to the United States because they have been poor all their lives but that is not the case with Esperanza She grows up on a big ranch in Mexico and her family is rich an