Esperanza Rising Novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Esperanza Rising is a powerful historical fiction novel that follows a young, wealthy Mexican girl whose life of privilege is shattered after her father's sudden murder. To escape her greedy step-uncles, she and her mother flee to Southern California, where they are forced to live in agricultural labor camps during the Great Depression. As she faces poverty and her mother falls gravely ill, she must find the inner strength to survive, work the fields, and rise above adversity.