Newly escaped from the coca pits and mourning the death of his best friend Mando, twelve year-old Diego has found refuge with the Ricardos, a family of poor coca farmers. In return for their shelter, Diego tries his best to help the Ricardos, looking after two year-old Santo and helping with the garden while [...]
I am a Taxi is the story of Diego Juárez, a thirteen-year old boy who lives with his mother and young sister in the women’s prison of San Sebastián. He struggles to support his family by running errands for inmates housed in both the women’s prison and the men’s prison next to it. [...]
Thirteen-year-old Rosa has lived with her Uncle for almost as long as she can remember. Together, they travel from village to town, supported by Uncle’s begging and petty thievery, while he looks for the opportunity, the deal, the swindle, that will change his luck and land him on easy street.
Yet Rosa knows that her name [...]
This is the story of Maria, a young HIV-positive girl living in the South American country of Suriname. Told in the first person, the book relates the experiences of Maria and her younger sister, Willy, who live with their very sick mother in the home of their uncle, until their mother’s death from AIDS. [...]
