All of Alejandro Garcia's life, he's heard about the fortune that his mother's family once had. So when there are rumors of gold near Sutter's Mill in California, Alejandro is convinced it's his family's way out of poverty and the way to restore their life as rancheros. But mining is hard work. And the discrimination against Californios doesn't make it any easier. Can Alejandro find what he's looking for in the gold fields?It's the storytellers that preserve a nation's history. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events from people whose voices have been underrepresented, lost, or forgotten over time.