Ellis, Deborah. I am a taxi.ELLIS, Deborah. I am a taxi. Groundwood. 205p. c2006. 0-88899-736-1. $6.95. JS The author, who writes about the treatment of children in poor countries, dedicates this Cocalero novel "To those we keep in cages." Twelve-year-old Diego is in the San Sebastian Women's Prison, Cochabamba, Bolivia, along with his mother and young sister. Families without much money to bribe BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. guards languish for years for insignificant crimes. Diego can leave during the day, sometimes, to run errands for a small amount of money--he calls himself a taxi. His friend Mando, a little older, also looks for any job. The two are lured into working far from home in the cocaine trade. Diego is fortunate to escape after abuse, long labor, exposure to caustic caustic, any strongly corrosive chemical substance, especially one that attacks organic matter. A caustic alkali is a metal hydroxide, especially that of an alkali metal; caustic soda is sodium hydroxide, and caustic potash is potassium hydroxide. chemicals, and a brief introduction to the drug. Sacred Leaf will be the sequel to Diego's adventures following his caring rescue by a rural family. This book should be in junior and senior high school libraries. The story is gripping, well written, and informative. It will attract reluctant readers and still please those who read more widely. The Author's Note explains the unique place of the coca plant Noun 1. coca plant - a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine coca, Erythroxylon coca Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylum - a large genus of South American shrubs and small in Bolivian culture; the glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. is helpful as well. Maureen Griffin, Teacher, English Dept., Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame Virtual School (NDVS.org) J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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