![]() ![]() She's particularly good at the whole strong-young-woman thing. And that's how Esperanza Rising came to be.īesides Esperanza Rising, which came out in 2000, Muñoz Ryan has written numerous picture books and young adult novels that have earned her tons of impressive awards, like the Pura Belpré Award for portraying the Latino cultural experience, and the California Young Reader Medal. ![]() With a few novelistic tweaks, the author's grandmother became Esperanza Ortega, the heroine of the book you're about to read. The story of this strong, vibrant woman who left the familiar behind and moved to California was just too good to resist. So when she found out that, in Mexico, her grandmother had lived like a princess, she was shocked. She knew that her grandma had immigrated to the United States from Mexico as a young woman, and for many years, she heard about how difficult it was to grow up in poverty on a company farm. ![]() Well Pam Muñoz Ryan heard plenty of those in her day. You know those stories your grandparents tell you? They usually start with "when I was a kid…" and end with some message about how you have it easy? Yeah, those. ![]()
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