About this item
A Mexican "Grapes of Wrath," based on a family story, from the award-winning author of Riding Freedom.Esperanza Ortega tiene todos los tesoros que una chica pueda desear: hermosos vestidos, una linda casa llena de sirvientes en Mxico, y la promesa de que un da llegar a presidir el Rancho como su mam. Pero una tragedia inesperada destruye ese sueo, obligando a Esperanza y a su madre a escapar a California dnde tendrn que trabajar en una finca junto a otros mexicanos. All tendr que olvidar su pasado y enfrentarse a las nuevas realidades de su vida: trabajo duro, aceptacin y dificultades econmicas. Esperanza descubrir que la verdadera riqueza est en la familia y la comunidad.
About the Author
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people--picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, holds a bachelor's and master's degree from San Diego State University and lives in north San Diego county with her family.
