Sacred leaf
(2007)

Fiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Groundwood Books : Made available through hoopla, 2007
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781554980369 (electronic bk.) MWT11381132, 1554980364 (electronic bk.) 11381132
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

After he finally manages to escape from being a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation, Diego is taken in by the Ricardo family -- poor coca farmers who provide a safe haven while he recovers from his ordeal in the jungle. But even that brief respite comes to an end when the 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, confronting the army head on. As tension between the cocaleros builds to a dramatic standoff, the wonders whether he will ever find a way to return to his family

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