Deborah Ellis

I am A Taxi Deborah Ellis

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. ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★.... ????? ????? ??? ????? ????; ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★ ??? ????? ????? ???? ????. ?? ???? ?????, ??? ????? ???? ★★★★★★ ???? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★. ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★???? ???? ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★ ??? ★★★★★★, ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ???? ????? ????? ????. ?? ??? ???? ???? ★★★★★★ ???? ??? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★. ????? ★★★★★★? ?? ?????, ?-????-??? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★?. ?? ★★★★★★ ??? ???? ??? ???? ??, ???? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★????? ??? ★★★★★★? ????? ????. ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★?, ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★??. ????? ★★★★★★ ???? ????? ★★★★★★?. ???? ★★★★★★?? ????? ???? ??? ???? ★★★★★★ ????, ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★???? ???? ★★★★★★?, ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★ ???? ????? ????? ★★★★★★???, ★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? - ??? ★★★★★★?. ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★. ????? ★★★★★★???? ★★★★★-????? ★★★★★★ ????? ★★★★★★?, ???? ★★★★★★ ????-?? ★★★★★★??? ????? ★★★★★★???, ★★★★★★??.