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Gr 5-8 This sequel to "I Am a Taxi" (Groundwood, 2006) opens with Diego, about 12 years old, living in the hinterlands of Bolivia, where he has been taken in by the kindly Ricardo family. They, like his unjustly imprisoned parents, are cocaleros, poor farmers whose cash crop is coca. He makes himself as useful as possible, and only Bonita Ricardo, who is about his age, resents him and wishes him gone. Soon, soldiers arrive and destroy their crop. Their dreams for a better future dashed, the Ricardos find themselves taking ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Diego Juárez, who escaped cocaine dealers in <i>I Am a Taxi</i>, is living in the Bolivian countryside with the Ricardo fami...Log In or Sign Up to Read More