Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (Laurel Leaf, 2002)
genre: Historical, enthic
honors: America’s Award for Children and Young Adult Literature (2002)
Pura Belpre Award (2004)
review: Anita’s life is on the cusp of change. In the year between her 12 and 13th birthdays, upheaval comes to the Dominican Republic and her family. While most of her family is fleeing to New York to get away from the tyranny of El Jefe, her family stays behind in efforts to bring down the dictator.
opinion: Watching {reading} Anita slowing lose everything in her life to her home, friends, family, school and be reduced to living in a closet, was heartbreaking. This book, while sad, also had bits of humor mixed with information about the revolution.
ideas: This is one of those great books to give to girls around the same age to help them see that everything could be a lot worse.
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