Esperanza Rising

Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1930. Esperanza is the pampered daughter of a wealthy vineyard family — until bandits murder her father and a scheming uncle burns their home to the ground. Overnight a princess becomes a refugee, fleeing north to a California farm labor camp where she must learn to sweep, mind babies, and pick in the fields beside the very workers she once looked down on. Through a dust storm, her mother’s illness, a strike, and the deportation sweeps of the Great Depression, Esperanza discovers a truth her grandmother always knew: the mountain always follows the valley, and no one can steal the riches of family, love, and hope. Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Pura Belpré Award winner (2002) turns real 1930s history into an unforgettable story of resilience. These 8 Part workbooks cover the full novel, with vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, Think Deeper reasoning, SAT & TOEFL-style practice, and writing, all built on real-world CLIL background.