Title: Esperanza Rising
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Publisher: Scholastic Press 2002
Pages: 288
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating System: Middle Elementary- Jr. High 5 (recommended)
This books reading level allows many grades to partake in enjoying this book. This book offers a great insight to another culture and what Esperanza and her culture had to go through during the Great Depression. This book could be persuaded more for females but I feel both genders in my classroom would really benefit from reading this text.
Summary:
Esperanza always thought she would live on her family farm in Mexico for forever. She thought she would always live her fancy lifestyle but everything changed when her and her mother fled to California during the Great Depression. Esperanza and her mother ended up settling in a camp for Mexicans who own farms. Can Esperanza handle all this? What is going to happen to her and her mom in this camp?
Educational Purpose:
Since thus book is about another culture, I would take full advantage of having the whole class read this book. I feel it is very important for my students to learn about as many different cultures as they can. We would read this book as a class and do little assignments that involve the students to research about the Mexican culture and step inside their shoes during this time.
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