Essential Questions forEsperanza Rising How do experiences change who we are? How does where we live affect our identities? What does it mean to have a home? How does the historical time period of the novel affect the characters? What does it mean to have fair working conditions?
Esperanza Rising• When Written: Late 1990s• Where Written: Southern California• When Published: 2000• Literary Period:Contemporary• Genre:Young adult literature; coming-of-age tale• Setting:Aguascalientes, Mexico; San Joaquin Valley,California• Climax:Miguel steals the money orders that...