Esperanza Rising was written by Pam Munoz Ryan. It has 262 pages. It is a fiction book.

Esperanza lived on a ranch, had the perfect family, had the perfect dresses, and even had servants. She always

believed that everything would the same. Mama and Papa would never leave her side and that she would always

live in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Until one day when Papa took a trip,everything changed.He was running late and

Esperanza and Mama were getting worried. Hortensia, the servant whom had become like a best friend, and

Abuelita who was Esperanza's grandmother, tried to calm them. She was turning thirteen the next day, and wanted

Papa to be there. Papa's selfish and rude stepbrothers came with no sign of Papa. Then Mama saw the light of a

lantern through the window. It was Alfonso and Miguel, the servant Hortensia's Husband and son, and Papa's best

friends. They reported terrible news that Papa had died by bandits near the fence he was mending. Almost

everyone came to the three-day funeral for him. They brought tons of food and flowers. Tio' Luis, one of Papa's

stepbrothers, came and asked Mama to consider marrying him since Papa died. So she said no, of course. He is

Esperanza was a girl acquainted with everything she needed until a crisis came. She wasn't very hopeful in the

get anything because her servants were there all of the time. Esperanza and her mother were very tough through all

owned the bank that Abuelita's money was in. If he would't let her have her money there was no way she cpuld get

gone, Miguel took it. When Hortensia and Alfonso went to go see Miguel, Esperanza went too. She saw a familiar

fun at all. Every year since Esperanza was a baby, Papa gave her a special doll. This year, it was one that Papa had

decided that she would come to California with Mama, Esperanza, Miguel,Alfonso, and Hortensia to get away

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Approximate Word count = 902
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)