Thanks to a supportive family and network of friends, she keeps hope alive and begins to work for a new future. Fleeing to California, Esperanza tries to adjust to the cramped, exhausting life of a farmworker. In the book's beginning, Esperanza's wealthy father is killed by bandits in Mexico then, a scheming uncle sets fire to her house and family ranch in order to pressure her widowed mother to marry him. Parents need to know that Esperanza Rising is an award-winning work of historical fiction that chronicles the life a Mexican migrant farmworker in the 1930s. They hold hands at the end, but there's nothing explicitly romantic about their bond.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Sex, Romance & Nudity in your kid's entertainment guide. Also, there is a connection between Esperanza and Miguel, a former family servant. Esperanza's uncle tries to pressure her widowed mother to marry him.
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After the suspicious death of a friend when she was twenty-two, Maddie tried to move on, convincing herself there was nothing she could have done. |