Before we were free
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Alvarez, Julia,
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Juvenile Collection - 3rd Floor
PZ7.A48 B4 2002
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Domestic fiction.
Dominican Republic -- History -- 1930-1961 -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Dominican Republic -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Juvenile materials.
Young adult literature.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Domestic fiction
Dominican Republic
Families
Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Juvenile works
Other Subjects
Bildungsromane -- 2002.
Biographical fiction -- 2002.
Dominican Republic -- Fiction.
Dominican Republic -- Fiction.
Dominican Republic -- History -- 1930-1961 -- Fiction.
Dominican Republic -- History -- Fiction.
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2002.
Familles -- République dominicaine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Family life -- Dominican Republic -- Fiction.
Family life -- Dominican Republic -- Fiction.
Family life. -- Dominican Republic -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Juvenile materials.
Revolutions -- Fiction.
Revolutions -- Fiction.
Revolutions -- Fiction.
République dominicaine -- Histoire -- 1930-1961 -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas, -- 1891-1961 -- Fiction.
Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, -- 1891-1961 -- Fiction.
War stories -- 2002.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
167 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Lexile measure
890

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Description
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.
Target Audience
Young Adult.
Target Audience
890,Lexile.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts!,6.5.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning,MG,5.6,8.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.6,8.0,60706.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,6-8,6.5,12,Quiz: 31965,Guided reading level: X.
Awards
Pura Belpré Author Award, 2004.
Awards
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003.
Awards
Américas Award, 2002
Local note
SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, J. (2002). Before we were free (1st edition.). A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. 2002. Before We Were Free. New York: A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. Before We Were Free New York: A. Knopf, 2002.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Alvarez, J. (2002). Before we were free. 1st edn. New York: A. Knopf.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. Before We Were Free 1st edition., A. Knopf, 2002.

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