Alvarez, Julia, <br/><br/>
Before we were free / 
Julia Alvarez. 
 - 1st edition. 
 - 167 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult.  890  Lexile. 
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<br/><br/>   Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003.   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375815449 9780375815447 0375915443 9780375915444 044023784X 9780440237846 9780399555497 0399555498 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001050520 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/> 1891-1961 --Fiction.<br/>Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, 1891-1961 --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1930-1961 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--Dominican Republic--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Family life--Dominican Republic--Fiction.<br/>Revolutions--Fiction.<br/>Familles----Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.<br/>Families.<br/>Family life--Dominican Republic--Fiction.<br/>Revolutions--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Family life.--Dominican Republic--Fiction.<br/>Revolutions--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Fiction.<br/>Dominican Republic--Fiction.<br/>--Histoire--1930-1961--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.<br/>Dominican Republic.<br/>Dominican Republic--History--Fiction.<br/>Dominican Republic--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Young adult literature.<br/>Juvenile materials.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Domestic fiction.<br/>Fiction.<br/>History.<br/>Juvenile works.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Juvenile materials.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Domestic fiction.<br/>Dust jackets (Binding)--2002.<br/>War stories--2002.<br/>Biographical fiction--2002.<br/>Bildungsromane--2002.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.A48  / Be 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]