After leading a privileged life on her family's large ranch in California, thirteen-year-old Cesa de Haro sees many changes when Mexico loses the war with the United States.
After the United States wins the war with Mexico in 1848, life on her Mexican family's ranch in California is greatly changed for thirteen-year-old Cesa.
Thirteen-year-old Cesa de Haro's beloved way of life on the beautiful Rancho del Valle de la Madrugada is threatened by Mexico's loss of Upper California to the United States in 1846 and the arrival of gold seekers from the east.
