书名：Esperanza Rising 飞翔的埃斯佩兰萨
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数750
作者：PamMuñozRyan
出版社名称：Scholastic
出版时间：2007
语种：英文
ISBN：9780439120425
商品尺寸：13.3 x 1.8x 19.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：262

Esperanza Rising《飞翔的埃斯佩兰萨》是美国作家帕姆·穆尼奥斯·瑞安（Pam Muñoz Ryan）众多作品中获得许多好评和大奖的一部儿童励志小说。作品主题深刻，具有很强的启迪性。
推荐理由：
1.《飞翔的埃斯佩兰萨》用美妙的象征性元素，以体现并阐明美国历史上一些经常被忽略，略为敏感的问题；
2.在美国销量突破两百万册，受到国内外众多读者的喜爱和推荐，同时也受到媒体和出版社的大力推荐；
3.此版本为Scholastic版本，附加AFTER WORDS（后记板块），内含作者简介、采访内容、写作点津等；
4.书中的英语原汁原味、文字优美、句式较为简单，比较容易理解，适合青少年做进阶阅读；
5.轻型环保纸印刷，小巧轻便，方便随身携带阅读。
Esperanza Risingis a young adult novel written by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Set in California during the time of the Great Depression, it examines the plight of the Mexican farm workers as they struggle to adapt and survive in the United States. Esperanza Rising received numerous awards, including the Pura Belpre award.
获奖纪录：
Pura Belpre Award Winner
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner
ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
Los Angeles TimesBook Prize Finalist
New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Publishers WeeklyBest Book of the Year

埃斯佩兰萨·奥尔特加，出生于一个富裕的家庭，父亲是富有的牧场主人。然而，在她13岁生日前，父亲突然离世，一夜之间凤凰变麻雀。财产争夺越发激烈，她和母亲不得已暗中出逃到美国……
Esperanza Ortega was a very wealthy girl who had everything she wanted and had a loving mother and father whom she adored. One day, her father and some of his men are suddenly killed by bandits while he is out working at their ranch. Her father intended to leave everything to his wife, Ramona, and Esperanza, but the family lawyer informs them that a loophole in the will states that the ranch, where most of the money comes from, will go to Señor Ortega’s step brother, Luis Ortega, whom Esperanza calls Tío Luis, who is suspected to have a hand at Señor Ortega’s murder. He plans to go into politics even deeper, and feels that with Ramona, a famous wealthy socialite loved by many in their town, will look good on his side and offers to marry her. She refuses, and he subtly threatens that bad things will happen if she does not marry him…

帕姆·穆尼奥斯·瑞安，美国著名的儿童文学作家。至今已创作了逾40部脍炙人口的佳作，包括图画书、读本及青少年小说。荣获弗吉尼亚·汉密哈顿文学奖、勒丁顿奖项等。其代表作为《飞翔的埃斯佩兰萨》。
Pam Muñoz Ryanis an American writer for children and young adults. She has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She has been the author recipient of the NEA’s Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, and the Ludington Award for body of work. Her novelEsperanza Risingwas commissioned as a play by the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre and has been performed in venues around the US including the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.

“Our land is alive, Esperanza,” said Papa, taking her small hand as they walked through the gentle slopes of the vineyard. Leafy green vines draped the arbors and the grapes were ready to drop. Esperanza wad six years old and loved to walk with her papa through the winding rows, gazing up at him and watching his eyes dance with love for the land.
“This whole valley breathes and lives,” he said, sweeping his arm toward the distant mountains that guarded them. “It gives us the grapes and then they welcome us.” He gently touched a wild tendril that reached into the row, as if it had been waiting to shake his hand. He picked up a handful of earth and studied it. “Did you know that when you lie down on the land, you can feel it breath? That you can feel its heart beating?”
“Poppy, I want to feel it,” she said. “Come.” They walked to the end of the row, where the incline of the land formed a grassy swell.
Papa lay down on his stomach and looked up at her, patting the ground next to him. Esperanza smoothed her dress and knelt down. Then, like a caterpillar, she slowly inched flat next to him, their faces looking at each other. The warm sun pressed on one of Esperanza’s cheeks and the warm earth on the other.
She giggled.
“Shhh,” he said. “You can only feel the earth’s heartbeat when you are still and quiet.” She swallowed her laughter and after a moment said, “I can’t hear it, Poppy,”
“Aguantate tantito y la fruta caera en tu mano,” he said. “Wait a little while and the fruit will fall in your hand. You must be patient, Esperanza.”
She waited and lay silent, watching Papa’s eyes. And then she felt it. Softly at first. A gentle thumping. Then stronger. A resounding thud, thud, thud against her body.
She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.
She stared at Papa, not wanting to say a word. Not wanting to lose the sound. Not wanting to forget the feel of the heart of the valley.
She pressed closer to the ground, until her body was breathing with the earth’s. And with Papa’s. The three hearts beating together.
She smiled at Papa, not needing to talk, her eyes saying everything.
And his smile answered hers. Telling her that he knew she had felt it.