Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan, read by Trini Alvarado, Listening Library, 2001, 3 cassettes, 4 hours and 42 mins.
About
During her early teen years, Esperanza loses her father, the comforts of her ranch home, and then her country. She travels north from Mexico to California's Central Valley to work alongside her family's former servants in field camps rife with ethnic and labor unrest, and with fever.
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ISBN:
0-8072-6207-2