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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Pam Muñoz Ryan |
| ISBN: | 0439120411 9780439120418 0439576172 9780439576178 043912042X 9780439120425 0439771250 9780439771252 9780439270038 0439270030 |
| OCLC Number: | 43487323 |
| Performer(s): | Read by Trini Alvarado. |
| Awards: | Pura BelpreÌ Author Award, 2002. |
| Description: | 262 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Contents of After Words guide: About the author -- Q & A with Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Make your own Jamaica flower punch -- Making Mama's yarn doll -- Those familiar sayings -- What story do you have to tell? |
| Responsibility: | Pam Muñoz Ryan. |
Abstract:
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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