Elena Author:Diane Stanley Elena grows up in a big house in Mexico. Like other girls, she learns to sew, sing, and dance. But Elena is determined to do more! She wants to read books, as men do. Most of all, she wants to marry the man she loves. These experiences make Elena strong and wise. And later in her life, when terrible times come, they give her the courage to fight... more » for her beliefs in the midst of the 1910 social revolution and when she is forced to flee her homeland with her children in a daring escape toward California.« less