Before we were free / Julia Alvarez.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : A. Knopf, 2002Copyright date: Edition: 1st editionDescription: 167 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Preteens
ISBN:
  • 0375815449
  • 9780375815447
  • 0375915443
  • 9780375915444
  • 044023784X
  • 9780440237846
  • 9780399555497
  • 0399555498
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Before we were free.; Online version:: Before we were free.DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.A48 Be 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
The eraser in the shape of the Dominican Republic -- Shhh! -- Secret Santas -- Disappeared diary -- Mr. Smith -- Operation maid -- Lying policemen -- Almost free -- Night flight -- Anita's diary -- Freedom cry -- Snow butterflies.
Awards:
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003.
Summary: In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003.

In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.

Young Adult.

Reading Counts! 6.5.

890 Lexile.

The eraser in the shape of the Dominican Republic -- Shhh! -- Secret Santas -- Disappeared diary -- Mr. Smith -- Operation maid -- Lying policemen -- Almost free -- Night flight -- Anita's diary -- Freedom cry -- Snow butterflies.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.6 8.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 8.0 60706.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.5 12 Quiz: 31965 Guided reading level: X.

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