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Esperanza Rising
By Pam Muñoz RyanEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan is about a young girl named Esperanza who lives a wealthy life in Mexico in the 1930s. All goes downhill after her father’s murder. Esperanza and her family flee to California with no money or supplies in hand. They manage to find agricultural work that pays very little. Esperanza is forced to adapt to all these changes and difficulties occurring in her life.