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Brief Summary Of Esperanza Rising By Pam Munoz Ryan

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The author of Esperanza rising is Pam Munoz Ryan. This book begins in Mexico on Esperanza's family’s ranch, El Rancho De Las Rosas. After Esperanza’s father is murdered, his evil step brother takes over the ranch and wants Mama to marry him. When she refuses he burns down their house. Esperanza and Mama must flee to America. They move to a farm in California. There many people that live and work. These two settings are the most important. Some of the minor settings include a wagon, train, hospital, work shed, and cabin.

Esperanza never worked a day in her life and she always thought that she would have a perfect life forever. Almost a week before she was thirteen her father was murdered by bandits. His evil step brother Tio Luis comes to their home a demanded Esperanza’s mom to marry him. She wouldn’t marry him. Tio Luis threatened to hurt them and burnt down their house! During the fire Abuelita (grandmother) broke her ankle and had to go to the hospital. Esperanza and Mama had to flee Mexico and sadly had to leave behind Abuelita because of her broken ankle. …show more content…

They took a wagon ride to a train station which lasted two days. Then a one day train ride to the border of Mexico where the got on a different train that took them to California. Finally in California they were picked up by their friend’s cousins and brought to a camp. There people live in cabins and work in the work sheds and fields. In the sheds they unpack and repack vegetables and fruits. In the fields they pick

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