Title: 1829, down the Río Grande
Description: Sixteen-year-old Rosita Trevino dreams of a better life, as does her book loving stepsister, Maria Alvarez.  Neither girl can imagine the danger they will face when they run away and catch a steamboat bound for Texas.
Subjects: Fiction, Voyages and travels, History, Frontier and pioneer life, Juvenile fiction, Mexicans, Sisters, Rio grande river and valley
Places: Rio Grande
Time periods: 19th century