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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication date
March 1, 2009
Pages
206
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780888998088
ISBN-10
0888998082
Dimensions
0.50 by 4.75 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$8.95
Other format details
juvenile
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Arab Science and Invention in the Golden Age | A Little Piece of Ground | Three Wishes | Kids With Courage | A Company of Fools | Take Me Back | Human Body | I Am a Taxi | Tree of Life
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
After finally managing to escape from being held as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation, young Diego is taken in by the Ricardos, a poor, coca-farming family who provides a safe haven while he recovers from his ordeal. But even that brief respite comes to an end when the Bolivian army moves in and destroys the family's coca crop  and their livelihood. Diego eventually joins the cocaleros as they protest the destruction of their crops by barricading the roads and confronting the army head on. As tension builds to a dramatic standoff, he wonders whether heâll ever find a way to return to his family. This thought-provoking book offers a different perspective of the war on drugs, revealing the terrible price it exacts from Bolivians who have grown coca for legitimate purposes for hundreds of years. And like all of Ellisâ books, it offers a sensitive and compelling look at the plight of children in developing countries.
Editions
Hardcover
from Groundwood Books (October 28, 2007)
9780888997517 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.45 × 7.75 × 0.80 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.95
About: After being taken in by a family of coca farmers, Diego is devastated when the army threatens to destroy the only source of income they have and so works to stop the army and save the people he has come to love.
About: After being taken in by a family of coca farmers, Diego is devastated when the army threatens to destroy the only source of income they have and so works to stop the army and save the people he has come to love.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Groundwood Books (March 1, 2009)
9780888998088 | details & prices | 206 pages | 4.75 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $8.95
About: After finally managing to escape from being held as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation, young Diego is taken in by the Ricardos, a poor, coca-farming family who provides a safe haven while he recovers from his ordeal.
About: After finally managing to escape from being held as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation, young Diego is taken in by the Ricardos, a poor, coca-farming family who provides a safe haven while he recovers from his ordeal.
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