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Elena and Rafael's Great-aunt Elena tells them about a family secret that has been hidden for over 60 years and that would have further united Juanita's family with the Palmas, owners of the historical Hacienda Palo Alto.
Gertrudes, the old family cook, tells them of her adventures during the Mexican Revolution, including facing a firing squad!
While the TV Company is filming them again "discovering" the treasure cavern, Leora, Juanita, Luisito, Pedro and Rafael make another discovery that shakes the archeological world.
Juanita watches her cousin Manuel riding Lucifer and winning a berth on the Mexican Olympic show jumping team where his brother Rogelio and Azar already had a secure place. She and her cousins enjoy a grand ball at the Jockey Club and the next day disaster strikes.
A renowned archeologist arrives from the El Paso/Ciudad Jurez border to supervise their find and his children; Nicolas and Mariana, join the Palo Alto group. A second disaster strikes and a very surprising turn of events uncovers the ancient mystery between the two families.
En ste tercer libro de la serie de Aventuras Palo Alto, Carlos descubre el secreto del ro subterrneo en un viaje peligroso dentro del tnel de la cascada.
La ta abuela de Rafael y Elena les cuenta un secreto familiar que ha sido guardado durante ms de 60 aos y hubiera unido ms a la familia de Juanita con los Palma, dueos de la histrica Hacienda Palo Alto.
Gertrudis, la vieja cocinera de la familia, les cuenta de sus aventuras durante la Revolucin, incluyendo cuando se enfrent a un pelotn de fusilamiento!
Mientras que la compaa de televisin est filmndolos otra vez "descubriendo" la caverna del tesoro, Leora, Juanita, Luisito, Pedro y Rafael hacen otro descubrimiento que sacude al mundo arqueolgico.
Juanita observa a su primo Manuel, montando a Lucifer, colocarse en el equipo Olmpico Mexicano donde su hermano Rogelio con Azar estaba en 1er lugar. Juanita y sus primos se divierten en el gran baile del Jockey Club y al siguiente sucede una tragedia.
Un arquelogo famoso llega de la frontera Ciudad Jurez/El Paso para supervisar el descubrimiento y sus hijos, Nicols y Mariana, se juntan con los amigos de Palo Alto. Un segundo desastre les cae y una seriede eventos sorpresivos descubre el antiguo misterio entre las dos familias.
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B. Palma lives in Mexico City where she is Head of two Montessori schools. Her husband’s tales of growing up on his family’s haciendas and her adventurous youth in the Mexican countryside are woven into all of the Palo Alto adventures. Their lifetime love of horses is reflected by their years of equestrian show jumping. She recently had an article published in the centennial issue of the Montessori Life magazine. A similar article will be published in the Alpha Delta Kappa International Teacher's Sorority's biannual journal; The Kappan Recently she was awarded the Mexican National Press Circle's Special Award for Educational Merit, 2008 Her Elementary School has been acknowledged as a model school for the State of Mexico Her next book, And Then, takes the young adventurers of her books ten years later where their childhood friendships grow into the beginning of lifetime relationships.
