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Esperanza Rising
- Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Summary
For the first 12 years of her life, Esperanza Ortega is pampered by servants and sheltered by her doting parents on their ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico. But a sudden tragedy shatters that world of wealth and privilege. Homeless and destitute, she and her mother emigrate to California to work in the fields and start a new life.
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Language
English
Awards
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Won, 2001)
- Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Nominated, 2000)
- California Young Reader Medal (Nominated, 2003)
- Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominated, 2004)
- Sunshine State Young Reader's Book Award (Nominated, 2005)
- Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominated, 2004)
- Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Virginia Reader's Choice Awards (Nominated, 2003)
- Land of Enchantment Book Award (Nominated, 2004)
- Volunteer State Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Arizona Young Reader's Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Golden Sower Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Nevada Young Reader's Award (Nominated, 2003)
- SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) (Nominated, 2003)
- Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Georgia Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Beehive Young Adults' Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Garden State Teen Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (Nominated, 2000)
- Nutmeg Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2004)
- Maine Student Book Award (Nominated, 2002)
- Great Lakes' Great Books Award (Nominated, 2002)
- Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books (Won, 2000)
- Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Prairie Pasque Award (Nominated, 2003)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Bluebonnet Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Nominated, 2004)
- Beehive Children's Fictional Book Award (Nominated, 2003)
- Judy Lopez Memorial Award (Women's National Book Association, Los Angeles Chapter) (Won, 2001)
- Pura Belpre Award (Won, 2002)
Book Type
FictionBook Info
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated
Copyright: 2000
ISBN: 0439120411
ISBN13: 9780439120418
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