Before we were free / Julia Alvarez.

By:

Alvarez, Julia [author. ]

New York : Scholastic Inc., c2002Description: 175 pages ; 19 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0439724139

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

.Al473 2002

Summary: "A story of Anita de la Torre, a twelve-year old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of Anita's relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tio 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 flight to be free." --Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print Materials	Elementary School Library Elementary	.Al473 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0118245

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market." --Back cover

"A story of Anita de la Torre, a twelve-year old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of Anita's relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tio 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 flight to be free." --Publisher's description.