Esperanza renace/ Esperanza Rising - Brossura

Ryan, Pam Muñoz; Molinero, Nuria

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0439398851 ISBN 13: 9780439398855

Casa editrice: Scholastic, 2002

Riassunto

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.Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth in Mexico for 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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L'autore:

Pam Muñoz Ryan is the recipient of the Newbery Honor Medal and the Kirkus Prize for her iNew York Times/i bestselling novel, iEcho/i, as well as the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature for her body of work. Her celebrated novels, iEcho/i, iEsperanza Rising/i, iThe Dreamer/i, iRiding Freedom/i, iBecoming Naomi Léon/i, and iPaint the Wind/i, have received countless accolades, among them two Pura Belpré Awards, a NAPPA Gold Award, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and two Américas Awards. Her acclaimed picture books include iAmelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride/i and iWhen Marian Sang/i, both illustrated by Brian Selznick, and iTony Baloney/i, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, as well as a beginning reader series featuring Tony Baloney. Ryan lives near San Diego, California, with her family.

Product Description:

For the first 12 years of her life, Esperanza Ortega is pampered by servants and sheltered by her doting parents on their ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico. But a sudden tragedy shatters that world of wealth and privilege. Homeless and destitute, she and her mother emigrate to California to work in the fields and start a new life.

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• Editore: Scholastic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0439398851
• ISBN 13: 9780439398855
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 266