When Georgina survives a shipwreck on the Texas coast in the 1820s, she is on her own until the fierce, reputedly cannibal, Karankawas take her in, and later falls into the hands of the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte, who takes her to his headquarters, afterwards Galveston.When Georgina survives a shipwreck on the Texas coast in the 1820s, she is taken in by the fierce, reputedly cannibal, Karankawas, only to fall into the hands of Jean Lafitte, who takes her to his headquarters, afterwards Galveston.

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Eleven-year-old Isabel Montoya's family is divided when Texas goes to war against Mexico and they must decide whether to remain true to their heritage or fight for their new homeland.

Katherine is upset when her family leaves their home in Germany to settle in Fredericksburg, Texas, and then when her father joins a group hoping to make peace with the Comanche, she worries even more.

While her brother is off flying planes for the Air Corps, twelve-year-old Bethany becomes involved with women training with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) right in her hometown of Sweetwater, Texas.