Esperanza+Rising

Nicole Purter 8/5/2008     //__  Esperanza Rising  __// The book __Esperanza Rising__ by Pam Munoz Ryan was based on a true story about a preteen girl. Esperanza had everything, her family was wealthy and she was surrounded by people who loved her. When her father is killed, her two Uncles not only try to take over the ranch, but take her widowed mother’s hand in marriage. After she declines, Esperanza’s home is destroyed by a mysterious fire, so they leave their injured grandmother and flee to California. After starting over in a camp for Mexican workers, soon after her mother grows ill, and Esperanza is forced to work in order to pay the bills. At the end of the book, Esperanza realizes that she has risen above her difficulties and sees that she is happy wherever her family is.