Esperanza Rising Summary

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Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan begins in Mexico in the year 1924. Then the story takes place in California.This is important because the wealthy family moved and became migrant workers in a new country. In the beginning of the book Esperanza was with her father and they were trying to listen to the heartbeat of the Earth. They had a close relationship. Every single year on her birthday Papa would give her a doll but on her 12th birthday her dad was killed by bandits. The uncle insisted her mom to marry him so they could keep the ranch and send Esperanza to a boarding school. Mama refused and their ranch was set on fire. It never said who did it but it was pretty obvious that Tio Luis did it. Mama and Esperanza ran off with Miguel and