"Esperanza Rising" is a great book full of suspense, action, humor, and sadness. Pam Munoz Ryan expresses her grandmother's experience of immigrating to the United States in a thoughtful, detailed story. I like how Pam added some of her own feelings and thoughts into the story to make it more interesting and exciting. All two hundred fifty-three pages of the book are filled with everything that I like in a book. "Esperanza Rising" is a book that everyone should try to read.-Caitlyn C.