http://wowlit.org/catalog Browse our collection of literature Tue, 22 May 2012 20:16:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997517/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997517/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:46:01 +0000 Book Importer http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997517/ The people of Bolivia have grown coca for legitimate purposes for hundreds of years, but the demands of America’s War on Drugs now threaten this way of life. Deborah Ellis’s searing follow-up to the highly praised “I Am a Taxi” deals with this frank reality.”" After he manages to escape from virtual enslavement in an illegal cocaine operation, Diego is taken in by the Ricardo family. These poor coca farmers give Diego a safe haven where he recovers from his ordeal in the jungle. But the army soon moves in and destroys the family’s coca crop — their livelihood. So Diego joins the “cocaleros” as they protest the destruction of their crops and confront the army head-on by barricading the roads. While tension between the cocaleros and the army builds to a dramatic climax, Diego wonders whether he will ever find a way to return to his family. This compelling novel defies conventional wisdom on an important issue, and shows how people in one part of the world unknowingly create hardship for people in another.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997517/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780803727052/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780803727052/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:01:02 +0000 Book Importer http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780803727052/ Eight very different kids, from eight different continents, all go about their day and experience the same moments of happiness: greeting the sun in the morning, swinging on a swing, flying a kite, being tucked in by Mommy at bedtime.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780803727052/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780887767562/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780887767562/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780887767562/ South America’s story is as varied as its geography of soaring mountains, scorching deserts, and lush rainforests.  This  book combines an often tragic history with the problems and triumphs of the present. The information ranges from “the Requirement” (a document read out by the conquistadors each time they came upon a new group of indigenous people to justify their actions) to drug cartels, from the hidden and secretive Elders (a civilization that retreated to the mountains to preserve its customs and now considers itself the “guardian of the world”) to Gabriel García Márquez. Includes maps, an index, and bibliography.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780887767562/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997364/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997364/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997364/ 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.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780888997364/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688120542/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688120542/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688120542/ The story describes the first time young Waira joins her parents on their trip from their mountain home to the market in Topojo. The journey normally takes two days, but in order to give Waira, and readers, a glimpse of Aymara history, the family takes a long detour to the ruins of the ancient city of Tiwanaku. They also stop near Lake Titicaca before finally arriving at the market. All of these events give Topooco the opportunity to describe some of the customs, history, lifestyle, and folklore of the people.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780688120542/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876149355/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876149355/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876149355/ Bolivia is home to two distinct native cultures the Aymara and the Quechua as well as mestizos, blacks, and Europeans. Lifestyle is determined in large part by whether one dwells in one of the large cities like La Paz or Santa Cruz, or in rural areas like the forested Yungas or Amazon Basin. In this largely pictorial book that focuses on children living in the different regions, some of this information is specifically stated.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876149355/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876143971/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876143971/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876143971/ Describes the civilization of the ancient Incas, comparing it to the lifestyle of their modern descendants, the Quechua Indians of Peru.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780876143971/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761420668/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761420668/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:57:01 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/0761420665/ Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, people, religion, and culture of Bolivia

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