I Am a Taxi
FOR TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DIEGO AND HIS FAMILY, HOME IS THE SAN SEBASTIAN WOMEN S PRISON IN COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA. HIS PARENTS FARMED COCA, A TRADITIONAL BOLIVIAN MEDICINAL PLANT, UNTIL THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOVERNMENT S WAR ON DRUGS. DIEGO S ADJUSTED TO HIS NEW LIFE. HIS PARENTS ARE LOCKED UP, BUT HE CAN COME AND GO: TO SCHOOL, TO THE MARKET TO SELL HIS MOTHER S HAND-KNITTED GOODS, AND TO WORK AS A "TAXI," RUNNING ERRANDS FOR OTHER PRISONERS. BUT THEN HIS LITTLE SISTER RUNS AWAY, EARNING HIS MOTHER A HEAVY FINE. THE DEBT AND DAWNING REALIZATION OF HIS HOPELESS SITUATION MAKE HIM VULNERABLE TO HIS FRIEND MANDO S PLAN TO MAKE BIG MONEY, FAST. SOON, DIEGO IS DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, WORKING AS A VIRTUAL SLAVE IN AN ILLEGAL COCAINE OPERATION. AS HIS SITUATION BECOMES MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS, HE KNOWS HE MUST TAKE A TERRIBLE RISK IF HE EVER WANTS TO SEE HIS FAMILY AGAIN. काळीकुट्ट रात्रं.... मिट्ट काळोख आणि घनदाट जंगल; पायाखालची अनोळखी वाट तुडवत दिएगो चालत होता. तो कुठं जातोय, काय करणार याची त्याला काही कल्पना नव्हती. जंगलातून माकडांच्या भयाण किंकाळ्या कानावर पडत होत्या, बेडकांचे कर्कश्य डराँवऽ डराँवऽ ऐकून पोटात कालवत होतं. हे असं भयाण जंगल त्यानं आजवर कधी पाहिलंही नव्हतं. पहाडी भागातला हा मुलगा, द-याखो-यात त्याचं लहानसं कुटुंब राहायचं. पण काळानं असा काही घात केला की, सारं कुटुंबच तुरुंगाच्या चार भिंतीआड रवाना झालं. दिएगोही तुरंगातच राहायचा, शहरातल्या तुरुंगात. शहरभर पायाला चाकं लावून फिरायच&#
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I Am a Taxi
FOR TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DIEGO AND HIS FAMILY, HOME IS THE SAN SEBASTIAN WOMEN S PRISON IN COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA. HIS PARENTS FARMED COCA, A TRADITIONAL BOLIVIAN MEDICINAL PLANT, UNTIL THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOVERNMENT S WAR ON DRUGS. DIEGO S ADJUSTED TO HIS NEW LIFE. HIS PARENTS ARE LOCKED UP, BUT HE CAN COME AND GO: TO SCHOOL, TO THE MARKET TO SELL HIS MOTHER S HAND-KNITTED GOODS, AND TO WORK AS A "TAXI," RUNNING ERRANDS FOR OTHER PRISONERS. BUT THEN HIS LITTLE SISTER RUNS AWAY, EARNING HIS MOTHER A HEAVY FINE. THE DEBT AND DAWNING REALIZATION OF HIS HOPELESS SITUATION MAKE HIM VULNERABLE TO HIS FRIEND MANDO S PLAN TO MAKE BIG MONEY, FAST. SOON, DIEGO IS DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, WORKING AS A VIRTUAL SLAVE IN AN ILLEGAL COCAINE OPERATION. AS HIS SITUATION BECOMES MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS, HE KNOWS HE MUST TAKE A TERRIBLE RISK IF HE EVER WANTS TO SEE HIS FAMILY AGAIN. काळीकुट्ट रात्रं.... मिट्ट काळोख आणि घनदाट जंगल; पायाखालची अनोळखी वाट तुडवत दिएगो चालत होता. तो कुठं जातोय, काय करणार याची त्याला काही कल्पना नव्हती. जंगलातून माकडांच्या भयाण किंकाळ्या कानावर पडत होत्या, बेडकांचे कर्कश्य डराँवऽ डराँवऽ ऐकून पोटात कालवत होतं. हे असं भयाण जंगल त्यानं आजवर कधी पाहिलंही नव्हतं. पहाडी भागातला हा मुलगा, द-याखो-यात त्याचं लहानसं कुटुंब राहायचं. पण काळानं असा काही घात केला की, सारं कुटुंबच तुरुंगाच्या चार भिंतीआड रवाना झालं. दिएगोही तुरंगातच राहायचा, शहरातल्या तुरुंगात. शहरभर पायाला चाकं लावून फिरायच&#
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I Am a Taxi

I Am a Taxi

by Deborah Ellis
I Am a Taxi

I Am a Taxi

by Deborah Ellis

Overview

FOR TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DIEGO AND HIS FAMILY, HOME IS THE SAN SEBASTIAN WOMEN S PRISON IN COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA. HIS PARENTS FARMED COCA, A TRADITIONAL BOLIVIAN MEDICINAL PLANT, UNTIL THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOVERNMENT S WAR ON DRUGS. DIEGO S ADJUSTED TO HIS NEW LIFE. HIS PARENTS ARE LOCKED UP, BUT HE CAN COME AND GO: TO SCHOOL, TO THE MARKET TO SELL HIS MOTHER S HAND-KNITTED GOODS, AND TO WORK AS A "TAXI," RUNNING ERRANDS FOR OTHER PRISONERS. BUT THEN HIS LITTLE SISTER RUNS AWAY, EARNING HIS MOTHER A HEAVY FINE. THE DEBT AND DAWNING REALIZATION OF HIS HOPELESS SITUATION MAKE HIM VULNERABLE TO HIS FRIEND MANDO S PLAN TO MAKE BIG MONEY, FAST. SOON, DIEGO IS DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, WORKING AS A VIRTUAL SLAVE IN AN ILLEGAL COCAINE OPERATION. AS HIS SITUATION BECOMES MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS, HE KNOWS HE MUST TAKE A TERRIBLE RISK IF HE EVER WANTS TO SEE HIS FAMILY AGAIN. काळीकुट्ट रात्रं.... मिट्ट काळोख आणि घनदाट जंगल; पायाखालची अनोळखी वाट तुडवत दिएगो चालत होता. तो कुठं जातोय, काय करणार याची त्याला काही कल्पना नव्हती. जंगलातून माकडांच्या भयाण किंकाळ्या कानावर पडत होत्या, बेडकांचे कर्कश्य डराँवऽ डराँवऽ ऐकून पोटात कालवत होतं. हे असं भयाण जंगल त्यानं आजवर कधी पाहिलंही नव्हतं. पहाडी भागातला हा मुलगा, द-याखो-यात त्याचं लहानसं कुटुंब राहायचं. पण काळानं असा काही घात केला की, सारं कुटुंबच तुरुंगाच्या चार भिंतीआड रवाना झालं. दिएगोही तुरंगातच राहायचा, शहरातल्या तुरुंगात. शहरभर पायाला चाकं लावून फिरायच&#

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788184983432
Publisher: Mehta Publishing House
Publication date: 01/02/2012
Pages: 130
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.33(d)
Language: Marathi
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

DEBORAH ELLIS is the author of The Breadwinner, which has been published in 30 languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Middle East Book Award, the Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Deborah has donated more than $2 million in royalties to organizations such as Right to Learn Afghanistan, Mental Health Without Borders and UNHCR. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario.

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