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Original Title:	Before We Were Free
ISBN:	044023784X (ISBN13: 9780440237846)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Dominican Republic
Literary Awards:	Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2004), Américas Award (2002), Pura Belpré Award for Narrative (2004)

Before We Were Free

Julia Alvarez

Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

Rating: 3.87 | 5582 Users | 918 Reviews

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I wonder what it would be like to be free? Not to need wings because you don’t have to fly away from your country? Anita de la Torre is a twelve-year-old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared, Papi has been getting mysterious phone calls about butterflies and someone named Mr. Smith, and the secret police have started terrorizing her family for their suspected opposition to the country’s dictator. While Anita deals with a frightening series of events, she also struggles with her adolescence and her own personal fight to be free.

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Title	:	Before We Were Free
Author	:	Julia Alvarez
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	April 13th 2004 by Laurel Leaf Library (first published August 13th 2002)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Cultural. Childrens. Middle Grade. Teen

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Ratings: 3.87 From 5582 Users | 918 Reviews

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Before We Were Free is a historical fiction written by Julia Alvarez. This book makes readers think more critically with implied messages and historical background. Before We Were Free is narrated by an 11 years old girl, Anita whose perspective gradually changes as she becomes more mature and undergoes tragic situations that most children do not often experience. This book is based on the Dominican Republics history - how Rafael Trujillo ruled the country with his autocratic ruthless power for

Anita de la Torre lives with her extended family in the Dominican Republic during the increasing cruel Trujillo dictatorship. Most of her family has escaped to the U.S., but she and her immediate family stay to "take care of the store", which Anita finds out means working with the underground resistance.

Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez was a great read. This book because it was told from the perspective of a kid, made it easy for me to relate and understand what was happening. The book is realistic fiction, based in the Dominican Republic and New York. Papi, Mami, Tio Toni play the main roles in the story while it is narrated by Anita, the youngest sibling. Anita has two other siblings; Mundin and Lucinda, who also play big roles throughout the book. Throughout the book we see what it was

Before We Were Free is a realistic fiction book about a maturing girl in the Dominican Republic while under the cruel lead of Rafael Trujillo, or El Jefe. Julia Alvarez, the author, writes the book from the perspective of a naïve girl named Anita; this point of view is creative due to the parts of the book where the reader is left questioning what is true or why something is happening. Alvarez ties this book to her childhood growing up in the Dominican Republic during this tough time. The idea

Interesting historical fiction novel based on the authors childhood that takes place in the Dominican Republic in the 1960's during Trujillo's regime. Even though it takes place over 50 years ago the story is still very relatable today. It reminded me a lot of the current civil unrest that is going on in Venezuela. Popsugar Challenge 2019 - An "own voices" book

Actual Rating: 4.5 starsReread (September 2019):This book was just as hard-hitting and amazing the second time around. Definitely a must-read.April 2018:I really enjoyed this book! This book takes place in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s and gives insight into Trujillos dictatorship through the eyes of a 12 year old. I loved (but also was somewhat saddened) by how innocent and naive the beginning of the narrative was and how increasingly aware, dark, and serious it became throughout later

Before We Were Free [2002] ★★★★Julia Alvarezs Before We Were Free is a moving coming-of-age account of a young girl who grows up in the Dominican Republic under the dictatorship in the late 1950s. Anita de la Torre may be only twelve but she already knows what it is like to have her family members suddenly disappear and a secret police raiding her home. Alvarezs book strikes a delicate balance between the joys and sorrows of late childhood, including first love and early teenage insecurities,