Description |
191 pages ; 20 cm |
Summary |
Diego lives in a prison in cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents are locked up, but his is free to come and go : to school and to the market, working as a "taxi", doing errands for other prisoners. But the future looks grim unless he can make money, fast. His friend mando has a plan... Diego and Mando are soon deep in the jungle, on their way to a fortune. But their plan hits terrible trouble, and Diego must risk everything if he wants to see his family again |
Notes |
For secondary school students |
Audience |
For secondary school students |
Notes |
Originally published Canada : Groundwood Books, 2006 |
Subject |
Cocaine industry -- Bolivia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Child labor -- Bolivia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction
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ISBN |
9781741751550 (paperback) |
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