Before We Were Free
of Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
Description
I wonder what it would be like to be free? Not to need wings because you donât 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 TĂo 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 countryâs 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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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192 pages
- Publisher Laurel Leaf Library
- Publication Date April 13th 2004
- First Publication 08/13/02
- Language English
- ISBN 9780440237846
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['Dominican Republic']
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