Sacred leaf

Title
Sacred leaf

Personal Author EPSB
Deborah, Ellis

Summary
Diego Juarez finds sanctuary with the Ricardo family after escaping an illegal cocaine operation, but his safe haven is destroyed when the army destroys the family's crop and livelihood and Diego joins a protest of the government's actions, which leads to a dramatic standoff.

Year Published
2007

Series
Cocalero novels.

Physical Description
206 p. ; 20 cm.

Program Information
Gr. 7+
 
6.9
 
Accelerated Reader 4.9 5.0

Subject
Coca industry -- Fiction.
 
Latin Americans -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Bolivia -- Fiction.

Summary
Diego Juarez finds sanctuary with the Ricardo family after escaping an illegal cocaine operation, but his safe haven is destroyed when the army destroys the family's crop and livelihood and Diego joins a protest of the government's actions, which leads to a dramatic standoff.

ISBN
9780888997517

Publisher
Toronto, Ont. ; Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, c2007.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
HardistyF ELLBook30512000226389Fiction