num_pages: 208
description: Even the remote Rio Bravo town of Guerrero has paid a price for Mexico's war of independence from Spain. Gripped by drought and depression, Guerrero is changing. Sixteen-year-old Rosita Treviño dreams of a better life, as does fifteen-year-old Maria Alvarez, the book-loving stepsister she barely knows.When Father brings home a rich old suitor who chooses Rosita as his bride, she is determined to flee before it's too late! The next day, to everyone's surprise, a Texas gringo named Austin arrives on a steamboat. Desperate, Rosita runs away to the strange boat, and is taken aboard as ship's musician and cook. That night, a young boy sneaks on board -- Maria, in disguise! Dangers lie ahead...killing heat, drought, illness, and pursuit by Father.Sisters, yet strangers, all they have is each other as they face the dangerous, unpredictable Rio Bravo, and a terrifying new world....
language: English
title: Down the Rio Grande, 1829
titlecomplete: Down the Rio Grande, 1829 (American Sisters)
genres: Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 17
series: American Sisters
publisher: Aladdin