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Esperanza Rising is a young adult historical fiction novel written by Mexican-American author Pam Muñoz Ryan. The novel follows the story of Esperanza Ortega, the only daughter of wealthy Mexican parents, and the events that occur after her father's murder. Esperanza begins life as the pampered only child of a wealthy Mexican landowner, but her world is shattered on her 13th birthday when her father is killed by bandits. She is separated from her grandmother and forced to flee to America with her mother to escape the clutches of greedy relatives.

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