Trevi?o, Elizabeth Borton de

His father's loyalty to the Mexican president deposed by Porfirio Diaz in 1876 forces a boy known as El G?ero and his family into exile to the dangerous Baja California territory.

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the seventeenth century Spanish court painter, develop a relationship of friendship and equality.

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.

Porfirio Trevi?o Arreola, called El G?ero, and his family are forced to flee to Baja California in 1876. When his father is jailed, El G?ero must travel through unknown wilderness on a dangerous mission for help.