Esperanza Media Kit
Esperanza
A Latina Story
by Sandra C. Lopez
Genre: Teen Fiction
Fourteen-year old Esperanza Ignacio could
only think of a few words to sum up her life: crap, crap, crap! She was born
into a poor Latino family living in a small crummy apartment in the barrio side
of town, where the graffiti chiseled more the souls and character of the
residents than it impacted the exterior looks of the buildings. Her father was
a drunken gambler, and wife-beater who, one cold night, got arrested after a
violent intrusion. Her entire circle of relatives consisted of nothing but
formers- former drug-addicts, former gangsters and gang-bangers, former
alcoholics, former everything. Yep, her life was nothing but a huge load of
crap. And she hadn't even started high school yet.
After surviving a scorching summer heat,
Esperanza enters the unfamiliar world of high-school with a tight knot in her
stomach. On the very first day, she is sucked into a blunder of catastrophic
events beginning with accidentally running into the world's BIGGEST bully. Now,
she has made herself the prime target for a main course. And, to top it all
off, she has to see this girl everyday in P.E! P.E.-the one class Esperanza
truly despises the most. Could life be any worse for her? Well, her family
could take in a relative hopped up on drugs, a probable shooting can take place
right in front of her, and Esperanza could also sit and listen to the crazed
ranting of her loud psychotic mother. Oh, wait, all that does happen. To make
things even easier, her best friend, Carla, won't stop trying to marry her off
to her twin brother, Carlos. And she has these two puny siblings constantly
vying for her attention. God, it's a wonder she doesn't strap herself in a
straight jacket and pretend to be Elvis. Nonetheless, Esperanza attempts to get
through it all. She is a smart and ambitious young kid struggling to survive
her life while fighting to make her mark on the world. Her story is filled with
pain, strength, and too much loud bickering. It carries a voice enriched with
barrio slang and sarcastic humor. Esperanza illustrates what persistent Latino
youth can achieve when they get back up after a fall and keep on walking
straight into college.
"Esperanza is an admirable and too
real story of many Latino youths lacking role models, who find themselves lost
and isolated in the paved jungles of the inner cities and overwhelmed by the
dissonance of barrio life. Sandra C. Lopez has created a resilient and likeable
character, Esperanza, who seems closer to a naked truth-seeker than to a barrio
kid-desperately trying to get out of a crappy world, but not knowing exactly
where she was going to. Highly Recommended."
Andrea Alessandra, University of
California, Berkeley
"Sandra López is a fresh and resonant
voice from the Hispanic rainbow."
Ray
Michael Baca Author-"Brotherhood of the Light"
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Sandra C. López is a writer, artist, blogger, and book reviewer. She is one of today's funny and influential authors in YA and chick lit. Her first novel, Esperanza, was published in March 2008 WHILE she was still in college. Her most recent and bestselling book is Single Chicas, a collection of humorous short stories about zany chicas. She is currently working on the next installment of the Single Chicas series called Holiday Chicas. Release date coming soon! When not writing her stories, Sandra supports the art and literary communities with freelance work, book promotion, and running a Read and Review Program. For more info, see below:
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