Fourteenyear old Maria Cecilia Gonzales is a dreamer. Her books carry her faraway beyond the purple and blue mountains of the farm community she lives into high... » 

Fourteenyear old Maria Cecilia Gonzales is a dreamer. Her books carry her faraway beyond the purple and blue mountains of the farm community she lives into high school and then on to a job in the big city. As Cecilia struggles tofulfill her goals she experiences a deep appreciation for her family and thefirst tender feelings of romantic love. Susan and Denise Gonzales Abraham havewoven the story of Cecilias dreams into the months of the year the land andthe crops and the routine life on a farm. «