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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 was born in Bakersfield, California. [1] She is half Mexican with Basque, Italian, and Oklahoman cultural influences. [2]Muñoz Ryan has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, early readers, middle grade, and young adult novels.
Nowhere in the article does it mention the film adaption starring Amanda Balon as Esperanza. Will someone please add? Will someone please add? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tweedle20 ( talk • contribs ) 19:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC) and also shae rochelle tanner lives on —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.85.146.22 ( talk ) 22:14 ...
President Donald Trump said sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause "short term" pain for Americans, while EU leaders meeting on Monday braced for the ...
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed inflation rising to 2.9% in December 2024, up from 2.7% in November and a full half-point above the most recent low of 2.4% in September. Still ...
Spalding recently earned her 12th Grammy nomination, for Milton + Esperanza, a collaboration with the Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Milton Nascimento, which is up for ...
The Américas Award was proposed in 1992 within the Teaching and Outreach Committee of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. [3] Julie Kline, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, served as the committee chair for the first 3 years of the award and then went on to be the award coordinator for many years. [4]
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.