ISBN: 0307258327 9780307258328

Category: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino

Page count: 272

When Esperanza and Mama are forced to flee Mexico, to a farm labor camp in California, they confront the challenges of hard work, acceptance by their own people, and economic difficulties brought on by the Great Depression. Esperanza must learn to embrace a future ripe with the riches of family and community.