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Esperanza Rising
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bookshelves: favorites, childrens, young-adult, booktalk-this, multicultural-fiction
Apr 13, 2007
bookshelves: favorites, childrens, young-adult, booktalk-this, multicultural-fiction
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 from the Dust Bowl "Okies," profound discrimination, and horrific living conditions. Marvelous historical fiction!
[Booktalk this!: 10-14 year old girls.]
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 from the Dust Bowl "Okies," profound discrimination, and horrific living conditions. Marvelous historical fiction!
[Booktalk this!: 10-14 year old girls.]
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April 1, 2007
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April 13, 2007
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April 23, 2007
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June 14, 2007
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Dec 06, 2009 06:39PM
I really agree with you on everything. This book brought up some of the same ideas that you just stated when i was reading it.
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Did you know its based on her grandmother? at least i think so.
I had started reading this book it's a very good book. I'm learning to read and speak spanish.
migrattion topic in:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...-
how the author writes: the stories are entertaining and
revolve around themes as family, house, children, abandon,
forgetting, migration into de big cities, a pet, sometimes
going back to the childhood days. Each story will tell a
different tale involving unique, deep characters with
their own personalities and conflicts.
