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Esperanza Rising

by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Trini Alvarado
Audiobook
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Read by Trini Alvarado
Approx. 4.5 hours
3 cassettes
When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses adn servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
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Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged
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OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780739330616
  • File size: 135662 KB
  • Release date: September 23, 2003
  • Duration: 04:42:37

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780739330616
  • File size: 135678 KB
  • Release date: September 23, 2003
  • Duration: 04:45:35
  • Number of parts: 5
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MP3 audiobook

subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:750
Text Difficulty:3-4

Read by Trini Alvarado
Approx. 4.5 hours
3 cassettes
When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee to the bountiful region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, to a Mexican farm labor camp in California, they must adjust to a life without fancy dresses adn servants they were accustomed to on Rancho de las Rosas. Now they must confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. When Mama falls ill and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must relinquish her hold on the past learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.
Expand title description text
Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Books on Tape
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    Awards:

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780739330616
    File size: 135662 KB
    Release date: September 23, 2003
    Duration: 04:42:37

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780739330616
    File size: 135678 KB
    Release date: September 23, 2003
    Duration: 04:45:35
    Number of parts: 5

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 750
    Text Difficulty: 3-4
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