The Memory Keeper is the story of Tom s Romero, a native of the Acjachemen band, whom the Spanish renamed Juane o. Born in 1820 in San Juan Capistrano, Tom s attends the mission school where, in addition to the catechism, he learns to read, write, and cipher-uncommon for the Indians in San Juan at the time. Because Tom s assists the padres, he becomes aware of the world outside the small religious community.During his lifetime, he experiences the...