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Alvarez, Julia.

Before we were free / Julia Alvarez. - 1st Laurel-Leaf ed. - New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2004, c2002. - 183 p. : maps ; 18 cm. - Laurel-Leaf books .

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Anita, a typically self-absorbed twelve-year-old living in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s, is surprised to discover her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.

7.3 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2004.

ISBN: 0329373900 044023784X 1415523606 9780329373900 9780440237846 9781415523605

Subjects--Personal Names:
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, 1891-1961 --Juvenile fiction.
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, 1891-1961 --Fiction.
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, 1891-1961 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Dominican Republic--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Revolutions--Fiction.
Family life--Dominican Republic--Fiction.
Revolutions--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Juvenile fiction.
Dominican Republic--Fiction.
Dominican Republic--History--Fiction.
Dominican Republic--Fiction.
Dominican Republic--History--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.A48 / Be 2004

Dewey Class. No.: F ALV/O