Book Description
for Down the Rio Grande, 1829 by Laurie Lawlor
From the Publisher
Even the remote town of Guerrero has paid a price for Mexico's war of independence. Sixteen-year-old Rosita dreams of a better life far away, as does 15-year-old Maria Alvarez, the book-loving stepsister Rosita barely knows. When Father brings home a rich old suitor who chooses Rosita as his bride, she and Maria flee to a Texas steamboat and face dangers that lie ahead.
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