Esperanza Rising - Las Ciruelas

The dust storm destroyed the cotton crop leaving no jobs to strike from.

Mama has Valley Fever.

Esperanza heard the doctor say, "If she survives," when he was talking about mama.

Isabel started school and wasn't there to help her.

All of the above: she fed them something that bothered their stomachs, she burned the beans that she was cooking for dinner, she had lots of dirty diapers to wash and the babies wouldn't go back to sleep.

All of the above: They always reach for Esperanza when they see her, they cry when someone else takes care of them, and they smile when Esperanza walks into the room.

There was a dust storm.

She couldn't stop coughing.

She was weak and lost weight because she wasn't eating, she was burning hot when Esperanza touched her, and she had "Valley Fever".

She was worried that Mama would die.