"Rosa Takes a Chance" by Susan Martins Miller

About this book:

  “Rosa Sanchez longs for a good education.

And the ten-year-old Texan takes a chance to pursuing her dream. But it won’t be easy. Mexican-American children of the 1930s face many obstacles to learning—from society’s attitudes about school for girls, to working in the fields to help their families, to the terrible, black-clouded storms of the “Dust Bowl.”

Even as Rosa’s family struggles to survive on the dry, windy plains, her spirit brightens when she meets people who want to teach as much as she wants to learn. But when her schoolteachers join the long line of families leaving Texas for the hope of a better life in California, how will Rosa move forward? Why would God put this dream deep in her heart if it isn’t going to happen?”


Series: Book #21 in the “Sisters in Time” series. Click on the numbers to be taken to that review: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, & #20.


Spiritual Content- Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God & having hope; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Going to a Christmas Eve service; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of churches, church going, hymns, & ministers; Mentions of Christmas & the first Christmas; A mention of being blessed.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: three ‘stupid’s; Dust storms (up to semi-detailed); Injuries & Bleeding (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of illnesses & deaths; Mentions of Rosa saying how she hates dust storms; A few mentions of trapping skunks for their fat; A couple mentions of threats; A couple mentions of slaughtering a pig; A mention of meatpacking plants.

Sexual Content- N/A.

-Rosa Sanchez, age 10-11
                                P.O.V. of Rosa

                                            Set in 1934-1935
                                                    140 pages

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My personal Rating-

I don’t feel like I’ve read many books set in the Dust Bowl years, so this one was quite interesting to learn about. I loved Rosa’s passion for learning and how determined she was about school and just learning in general.

See y’all on Friday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.