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Title	:	Before We Were Free
Author	:	Julia Alvarez
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First 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

Before We Were Free Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

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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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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)

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This book taught me that at the end of the day all you have is family and you will do anything to protect them. It also reminded me what freedom really is and how sometimes we take the small things for granted.

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

I recommend the book Before We Were Free because it keeps the pages turning and at the same time it makes you tense and want to know whats going to occur in the next page. I did not finish the book yet so I dont know whether it was satisfying to read it or not but I can guarantee you that this book will make you satisfied. I can relate that I feel scared at times and I want to be brave but I dont know what to do. The plot is suspenseful and interesting and the theme is very well developed. I

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

Wow, my first Alvarez novel and it moved me. A beautiful story about a history of which I knew relatively little. I will seriously consider this for my course for the seventh grade.

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

>>What good is to escape captivity only to be imprisoned in your own misery?>>It is the responsibility of those who survive the struggle for freedom to give testimony. To tell the story in order to keep alive the memory of the dead.This is my second book of this author, the first being "In the time of the butterflies". Actually, this book is in some ways a continuation/sequel to the book "In the time of the butterflies" only told from the view point of 12 year old girl Anita.It is at