Ana María was awed to learn nature contained more nuances than she had ever realized or been given the time to consider. She’d been taught to think in terms of black and white, right or wrong, all while her father routinely acted in shades of gray. But listening to Mr. Darwin hypothesize how mockingbirds in the Galápagos had changed and adapted to environmental conditions made her realize how, in essence, she had done the same. She, Isabel, and Gabby had arrived in England with very rigid orders on their shoulders, but in their new environment, they were changing. Adapting. Evolving, perhaps.
