Ryan, Pam Mu�noz. <br/><br/>
Esperanza rising / 
Pam Mu�noz Ryan. 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  c2000. 
 - 262 p. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> "An Apple paperback."  "Apple signature"--P. [4] of cover. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 4.  008-012. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>043912042X 9780439120425 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican Americans--California--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Agricultural laborers--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Juvenile fiction.