Esperanza Rising was a very depressing but sweet book about a girl whose father dies and she is forced to start a brand new life. She faces many challenges on her way to actually managing to be happy. Some things include her Mom getting sick, living on a farm, taking care of babies, making a friend and being separated from her grandmother and her home. One thing that I love about this book is that each chapter is named after a fruit. It will have the name in Spanish then in English. Example:
Uvas (grapes).
I am part of an awesome book club that does this and our new book is called Vanished.
I have not read it yet but it's on the way from amazon. So to wrap it up essentially I loved this book a lot! The author is very talented (in my opinion) and she did a great job on this book.
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ReplyDeleteKaia,
ReplyDeleteI love your review!
I also felt sad many times reading the book.
I thought Esperanza really grew up a lot in the one year that went by from beginning to end.
I am also excited to read Vanished! Have you looked up what a veena looks like yet?
Emily