TY - BOOK AU - Ryan, Pam Muņoz TI - Esperanza rising SN - 0439120411 U1 - 813 SCH 2000 A094 Or. PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Press KW - Mexican Americans KW - Agricultural laborers N2 - Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression ER -