Before We Were Free
PURE BELPRÉ AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free while living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of a dictator.
Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her twelfth birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition to Trujillo’s iron-fisted rule.
Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her…
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March 27, 2018
Julia Alvarez is the author of the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Yo!. She has also published two poetry collections (Homecoming and The Other side/El Otro Lado) and a collection of essays (Something to Declare).
Julia Álvarez es la autora de De cómo las chicas García perdieron el acento, En el tiempo de las mariposas (un finalista del National Book Critics Circle Award) y ¡Yo!. También ha publicado dos colecciones de poesía y una colección de ensayos. Julia Álvarez vive en Vermont y en República Dominicana, donde dirige una cooperativa de café orgánico, y un centro de alfabetización y arte con su esposo.
In the Time of the Butterflies
Julia Alvarez; Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez; Foreword by Elizabeth Acevedo
Resistencia
Julia Alvarez; Mark Eisner
Antes de ser libres
Julia Alvarez; translated by Liliana Valenzuela
Before We Were Free
Julia Alvarez
Finding Miracles
Julia Alvarez
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Juana Inés De La Cruz;Edith Grossman,Translator;Julia Alvarez,Introduction
Una boda en Haiti
Julia Alvarez
Un regalo de gracias
Julia Alvarez; illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
How Tia Lola Ended Up Starting Over
Julia Alvarez
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
Julia Alvarez
