Esperanza Rising — Content Guide for Parents
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
**CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN PRINT!**
A modern classic for our time and for all time―this beloved, award-winning bestseller resonates with fresh meaning for each new generation. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Rita Williams-Garcia.
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* "Readers will be swept up." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Esperanza Rising appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Esperanza's father is killed by bandits, her uncle burns down the ranch (injuring her grandmother), and a striking worker throws a rock at another worker's head. The story includes a father's murder, a house fire, a mother's near-fatal illness and a fear of deportation, which Common Sense Media rates as only a little violence and scariness.
Does Esperanza Rising have violence?
Found (Supporting): Esperanza's father is killed by bandits, her uncle burns down the ranch (injuring her grandmother), and a striking worker throws a rock at another worker's head.
Does Esperanza Rising have scary content?
Found (Brief): The story includes a father's murder, a house fire, a mother's near-fatal illness and a fear of deportation, which Common Sense Media rates as only a little violence and scariness.
Does Esperanza Rising have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Esperanza Rising have race & culture?
Found (Central): Esperanza, a Mexican girl, faces prejudice as a migrant farmworker in 1930s California, and striking Mexican workers, many of them US citizens, are rounded up and deported.
Does Esperanza Rising have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Esperanza Rising have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Esperanza Rising have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Esperanza Rising have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Esperanza Rising have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
