| Contents |
Contents of After Words guide: About the author -- Q&A with Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Make your own Jamaica flower punch -- Making Mama's yarn doll -- Those familiar sayings -- What story do you have to tell? |
| Abstract |
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. |
| Performer |
Read by Trini Alvarado. |
| Interest grade level |
Grades 6-9 |
| Audience |
750 Lexile |
| Awards note | Pura Belpré Author Award, 2002. |
| LCCN | 00024186 |
| ISBN | 0439120411 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780439120418 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0439576172 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780439576178 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 043912042X (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780439120425 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0439771250 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780439771252 (pbk.) |
