Esperanza Rising

Name: Esperanza Rising
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Historical novel about a girl rebuilding life after Mexican Revolution displacement

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Pam Munoz Ryan

Pam Munoz Ryan is an American author whose Echo won the Newbery Honor and Esperanza Rising became a required school reading staple. Her musicality and multilingual heritage inform her lyrical middle-grade novels about identity, belonging, and resilience.

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EchoNovel connecting four children across different eras through music and migration
Riding FreedomHistorical fiction about a girl raising horses and seeking freedom in frontier America
When Marian SangPicture book biography of opera singer Marian Anderson breaking racial barriers
The DreamerIllustrated biography of Mexican poet and muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros