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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Esperanza believed her life would be wonderful forever. She would always live on her family's ranch in Mexico. She would always have fancy dresses and a beautiful home filled with servants. Papa and Abuelita would always be with her. 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...
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
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.
4) Petty crimes
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.
5) Local news
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.
7) Dancing home
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she's embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
Author
Pub. Date
p2001
Description
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 and 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...