How long does it take to read Esperanza Rising?
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan takes about 4 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 262 pages, about 72,050 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Subjects: Agricultural laborers, fiction, Juvenile works, Juvenile fiction, Mexican Americans, Ficción juvenil
