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June 1st 2002
by Blue Sky Press
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Paperback, 288 pages
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043912042X
(isbn13: 9780439120425)
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Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, & servants. But ...more
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Title Esperanza Rising
Author Pam Munoz Ryan
Publisher Scholastic Year 2000
# of pages 253 Genre Fiction
Reading level Interest level 10-15
General response/reaction: I was a little unsure about this book in the beginning. It took me a few chapters to get into this book. Once I was into the book I did not want to put the book down. I thought that it was an easy read. Sometimes I thought that the Spanish words confused me because they did not always tell the word in English. Each...more
Author Pam Munoz Ryan
Publisher Scholastic Year 2000
# of pages 253 Genre Fiction
Reading level Interest level 10-15
General response/reaction: I was a little unsure about this book in the beginning. It took me a few chapters to get into this book. Once I was into the book I did not want to put the book down. I thought that it was an easy read. Sometimes I thought that the Spanish words confused me because they did not always tell the word in English. Each...more
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Title Esperanza Rising
Author Pam Munoz Ryan
Publisher Scholastic Press Year 2000
# of pages 253 Genre Fiction
Reading level Interest level 13-15
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racism
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My first response to this book was that I wanted it to be longer. I wanted to read more about the relationships Ezperanza makes and to see if anyth...more
Book Bank Book Bank subject: __Group 3_Book_
Reference information:
Title Esperanza Rising
Author Pam Munoz Ryan
Publisher Scholastic Press Year 2000
# of pages 253 Genre Fiction
Reading level Interest level 13-15
Potential hot lava:
racism
General response/reaction:
My first response to this book was that I wanted it to be longer. I wanted to read more about the relationships Ezperanza makes and to see if anyth...more
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Read in April, 2007
Though Esperanza comes from a privileged background, she and her mother are forced to flee Mexico after her father dies. She must work as a farm laborer (despite her upbringing and education) in southern California during the Great Depression.
The characterization is lovely; they are well rounded with realistic concerns and struggles. This novel illuminates the unique plight of Mexican-American laborers during the Great Depression, including forced deportation, labor strikes, competition ...more
The characterization is lovely; they are well rounded with realistic concerns and struggles. This novel illuminates the unique plight of Mexican-American laborers during the Great Depression, including forced deportation, labor strikes, competition ...more
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Read in April, 2008
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This book was wonderful! I started reading it a while ago, but stopped because I thought it was too sad. (I was at the part about the papayas) I just picked it up again and couldn't put it down! This was, by far, one of the best books I've ever read!
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Read in February, 2008
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Read in September, 2006
Thirteen year old Esperanza lives a fairy tale existence in Mexico with her mother, father and grandmother. She has beautiful dresses, dolls, and servants and she lives in a beautiful home. Tragedy strikes Esperanza’s family though when her beloved father is killed. She and her mother are forced to escape to California from her uncles who wish to take over their land. Esperanza finds herself in a rude awakening as she faces harsh living conditions, hard labor and financial troubles from th...more
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Read in December, 2005
recommends it for:
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When I first satrted reading this book. I didn't know how I first felt about it. Then things started getting very intresting, and I didn't want to put this book down. It really teaches you a good lesson, there was this spolied rich girl who got everything that she wanted. Then things go wrong and she's poor, and her mom is in the hosiptial and she has to make money to pay for her mom's medical bills, and food for her and her family. This book is great. I loved it.
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Read in May, 2008
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I've been putting this one off for a few years now. I'm so glad that I finally read it. It certainly lived up to my expectations. What was interesting for me was the history of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression. It's not something that I've read much about, but I think this is the kind of book that will make me want to read more about this period.
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Esperanza Rising was an interesting book. Esperanza went through a lot. I liked that she learned how to value everything she had in lfe and also every minute of it. She also learned that life is not easy and there's times in life where you have to take care of everything. Her mom got very ill and she had work to be able to pay for the medication. The only thing that I didn't like was that she went through a lot of difficult things. I just don't like to see people be sad and she was sad for a big...more
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Read in May, 2008
I just finished this book with my class today...couldn't read that last sentence because I cried...the kids cried too. That hasn't happened to me before with a read aloud...great story.
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Read in November, 2008
This book told me a lot about the Mexican Revolution and how struggles kept continuing after the Mexican Revolution.
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quick, easy, and great read. i really love enjoy learning about other cultures, fiction or non.
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I love this book too! The moral of it is really good! It s definately a have-to-read!
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Read in March, 2003
That starting over is not always bad, bad things may happen but we somehow manage to survive.
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Read in November, 2008
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1.My goal for this week was to read half of the book or more.
2.I reached my goal because i finished reading the entire BOOK.
Summary:Esperanza beleived that her life was going to be woderful forever.She beleived that she was always going to have servants,beautiful dresses,and that her dad was always going to be with her.Until one day when something bad happens to her dad.Esperanza and her mom dont have another choise of coming to California.Esperanza doesnt want to because she is going to mis...more
2.I reached my goal because i finished reading the entire BOOK.
Summary:Esperanza beleived that her life was going to be woderful forever.She beleived that she was always going to have servants,beautiful dresses,and that her dad was always going to be with her.Until one day when something bad happens to her dad.Esperanza and her mom dont have another choise of coming to California.Esperanza doesnt want to because she is going to mis...more
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best book ever!!!!!!!! it wuz so sad!!!!!!! i like cried like 10 times!!!!!!!!!!
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The book Esperanza Rising is written in the point of view of a Mexican girl living in California during the 1930's Great Depression. In class, I have learned of the Great Depression and how many people (all different types of people: businessmen, farmers, woman, teenagers, african-americas, children, etc.) were affected by the stock market crash and the Great Depression. However, I had yet learned how Mexicans/people not necessarily a part of America were affected.
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Read in November, 2008
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Older sister, Caro'.recommends it for: my accelerated reading group.
I've read this book by Paul Munoz for the third time and it's still the same; a GREAT book.
"Esperanza Rising" is a novel that focuses around the life of a young teenager during the time of the Great Depression. Esperanza, the main character, went from a life she loved to a life she dreaded to live. Esperanza and her family were forced to move.
As this story unfolds, you begin to fall in love with Esperanza, her family, and their lives. This novel has a special Mexican twist added t...more
"Esperanza Rising" is a novel that focuses around the life of a young teenager during the time of the Great Depression. Esperanza, the main character, went from a life she loved to a life she dreaded to live. Esperanza and her family were forced to move.
As this story unfolds, you begin to fall in love with Esperanza, her family, and their lives. This novel has a special Mexican twist added t...more
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Read in October, 2008
I've just started teaching this in my social studies class as part of our unit on Latin America. I'm hoping that it will empower my Hispanic students and provoke tolerance and beyond among my non-Hispanic students. Seems to be working so far, but desperately need finish the book before some of my students do!
So, I've finished it and my students will be reading the last chapter tomorrow. Teaching the novel as part of my social studies class was an interesting experience. I assigned a cha...more
So, I've finished it and my students will be reading the last chapter tomorrow. Teaching the novel as part of my social studies class was an interesting experience. I assigned a cha...more
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"Esperanza leaned around the side of the truck. As they rounded a curve, it appeared as if the mountains pulled away from each other, like a curtain opening on stage, revealing the San Joaquin Valley beyond. Flat and spacious, it spread out like a blanket of patchwork fields. Esperanza could see no end to the plots of yellow, brown, and shades of green. The road finally leveled out on the valley floor, and she gazed back at the mountains from where they'd come. They looked like monstrous lions' paws resting at the edge of ridge. "
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