Esperanza Rising
By Pam Muñoz Ryan
Spoiled, self-centered Esperanza loses her father, wealth and easy Mexican life and starts over as a California farm worker in the 1930s. Spanish words and magical realism grace this expansive, readable novel that is written from the heart.
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You, as librarians, stand at the door beyond which this infinity resides…As the 19th century French writer Victor Hugo said: "A library implies an act of faith." You are the keepers of that faith.
-Rita Dove