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__Esperanza Rising__ by Pam Munoz Ryan is a spectacular book that talks about how it was when Mexicans, Japanese, Okies, and many other people were hired for about sixty cents a day picking fruit, packing produce, and cutting potatoe eyes in the harsh bitter cold of January. Esperanza used to live the high life of a wealthy mexican, but when her papa dies and her uncles threaten to make their lives miserable if her mama does not marry him, they escape to California, where their faithful servant's relatives live on a a fruit plantation and work in terrible conditions. I'd say this book is for girls who like reading about history and people's lives as they used to be. It's even more interesting if you like happy endings. Read this AWESOME book to find out what **really** happened back in the old days... sometime when it was old.

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