When thirteen-year-old Erica "Chia" Montenegro finds out her mother has breast cancer, she makes a promise to God to raise money for breast cancer awareness and discovers that when family and friends work together, miracles can happen.
Bonita is used to spending the day carrying her elegant mistress to fiestas and being cared for in a safe, snug barn, but when shots are fired at the Alamo, Bonita's perfect life at the ranch is gone forever.
Presents an introduction to the city of San Antonio, in simple text with illustrations, providing an overview of its history, geography, and people, with information on what it is like to live, work, and play there.
An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. Includes biographical sketches and quotations of some of those involved.
Florrie, a sixteen-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas, leads her friends and a new boyfriend in a campaign which supports small businesses and protests the effects of chain stores.
A brief history of the battle of the Alamo in 1836 between the Mexican forces of General Santa Anna and a little less than 200 American patriots that helped to shape the history of Texas.
