Thirteen year-old Cesa has a wonderful life in the California of the 1840s, even if her great-aunt wants her to learn to fill a woman's place when she would rather ride the land. But her world is changing. Mexico has lost Upper California to the United States, and foreigners keep arriving, looking for land and gold.
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