Bibliograph

Sacred leaf, Deborah Ellis

Type

Label

Sacred leaf, Deborah Ellis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

770L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Sacred leaf

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Deborah Ellis

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.9, 5, 118319.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 4.7, 10, Quiz: 42807.

Summary

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification