Esperanza Rising

yarn. “Now watch, Isabel. Ten stitches up to the top of the mountain.” Abuelita demonstrated and Isabel carefully copied her mov ...

I can still see my grandmother crocheting blan- kets in zigzag rows. She made one for each of her seven children, many of her tw ...

I can still see my grandmother crocheting blan- kets in zigzag rows. She made one for each of her seven children, many of her tw ...

company farm camp. I wrote down some of her recollections from her childhood. How I wish I had written down more before she died ...

washed her clothes in communal tubs, went to jamaicas on Saturday nights, and cared for her firstthree daughters. That’s where m ...

Deportation Act that gave counties the power to send great numbers of Mexicans back to Mexico. Government officials thought this ...

Even though my grandmother lived in this country for over fifty years, I can still remember her breaking out in nervous perspira ...

trucks back and forth from the fields and deliver- ing workers. Much of our nation’s produce comes from this one area in Califor ...

fever I recollected was my burning affection for my beginnings and belongings. “Of course I tested positive,” I said to the doc- ...

Many struggled just to put food on the table and sometimes seemed to be resigned to the social issues of the time. They focused ...

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AfteR Words™ PAM MUÑOZ RYAN’S Esperanza Rising CONTENTS About the Author Q&A with Pam Muñoz Ryan Make Your Own Jamaica Flowe ...

About the Author Pam Muñoz Ryan was born and raised in California’s San Joaquin (pronounced wah-keen) Valley. She grew up with m ...

Pam is also the author of the award-winning novels Riding Freedom,with drawings by Brian Selznick, and Becoming Naomi León, as w ...

Q&A with Pam Muñoz Ryan Q: What did you want to be when you grew up? A: Iwanted to be the boss. At home I was the oldest of ...

Q: Asachild, what types of books did you read? A: Idon’t remember all of the books I read as a child but some are memorable. I r ...

nist determination had its impetus in my family history because I do seem interested in stories where the character succeeds des ...

Q: How did you learn about life in the company camps? Did it require a lot of research? A: Ilearned about the camps from my gran ...

to antagonize Esperanza, to goad her towards growth, and Marta simply walked into my mind and said, “Put me on paper!” Q: Your c ...