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Esperanza Rising is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Mexican-American author Pam Muñoz Ryan and released by Scholastic Press on 27 March 2000. [1] The novel focuses on Esperanza, the only daughter of wealthy Mexican parents, and follows the events that occur after her father's murder.
Muñoz Ryan has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, early readers, middle grade, and young adult novels. She has been the author recipient of the NEA 's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature, and the Ludington Award for her body of work.
Saúl Sánchez, author of the collection Hay Plesha Lichans to di Flac (i.e., "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag") (1977) [1] Hope Sandoval; John Phillip Santos, author, journalist, and filmmaker; Danzy Senna; Shea Serrano; Michelle Serros, author of Chicana Falsa and How to Be a Chicana Role Model. Beverly Silva, author of The Cat and Other ...
This category is for articles on books for children and young adults written or published in 2000. ... Esperanza Rising; F. The Fall (Nix novel) Flora the Frog;
author Pam Muñoz Ryan: Esperanza Rising: Winner Francisco Jiménez: Breaking Through : Honor Francisco X. Alarcón: Iguanas in the Snow: Honor illustrator Susan Guevara: Chato and the Party Animals : Winner Joe Cepeda: Juan Bobo Goes to Work : Honor 2004 author Julia Alvarez: Before We Were Free: Winner Nancy Osa: Cuba 15: Honor Amada Irma Pérez
Becoming Naomi León is a 2005 fiction, adventure, and young author's 246 page coming of age novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan about a quiet Latina girl, whose life with her great-grandmother and younger brother is peaceful, until her mother reappears after abandoning her and her brother years earlier.
C. Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets; Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy; Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)
Echo is a middle grade historical fiction novel written by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova, and published by Scholastic Press in 2015. It is set in Germany and America, primarily in the years leading up to World War II and details how a mysterious harmonica and the music it makes ties together the lives of three children: Friedrich Schmidt, an intern at the Hohner factory ...