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Antes de ser libres

By Julia Alvarez
Translated by Liliana Valenzuela

By Julia Alvarez
Translated by Liliana Valenzuela

By Julia Alvarez
Translated by Liliana Valenzuela

By Julia Alvarez
Translated by Liliana Valenzuela

By Julia Alvarez
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By Julia Alvarez
Read by Maria Siccardi

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Mar 27, 2018 | ISBN 9780525579779 | Young Adult

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Sep 06, 2005 | 386 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Antes de ser libres

    Anita de la Torre nunca cuestionó su libertad viviendo en la República Dominicana. Pero al cumplir doce años de edad en 1960, la mayoría de sus familiares han emigrado a Estados Unidos, su tío Toni ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro y la policía secreta del gobierno aterroriza a su familia restante dada su presunta oposición a la dictadura de Trujillo.
     
    Utilizando la fuerza y el valor de su familia, Anita debe vencer sus miedos y volar hacia la libertad, dejando atrás todo lo que alguna vez había conocido.
     
    De la renombrada autora Julia Alvarez llega una historia inolvidable sobre la adolescencia, la perseverancia y la lucha de una niña por su libertad.

    About Antes de ser libres

    Anita de la Torre nunca cuestionó su libertad viviendo en la República Dominicana. Pero al cumplir doce años de edad en 1960, la mayoría de sus familiares han emigrado a Estados Unidos, su tío Toni ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro y la policía secreta del gobierno aterroriza a su familia restante dada su presunta oposición a la dictadura de Trujillo.
     
    Utilizando la fuerza y el valor de su familia, Anita debe vencer sus miedos y volar hacia la libertad, dejando atrás todo lo que alguna vez había conocido.
     
    De la renombrada autora Julia Alvarez llega una historia inolvidable sobre la adolescencia, la perseverancia y la lucha de una niña por su libertad.

    About Antes de ser libres

    Now available in Spanish, the book Horn Book called “a realistic and compelling account of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom.” 

    I wonder what it would be like to be free? Not to need wings because you don’t have to fly away from your country?

    From award-winning author Julia Alvarez comes the story of Anita de la Torre, a 12-year-old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her Tío 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 fight to be free.
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    Ahora disponible en español, el libro que Horn Book ha descrito como “una historia realista y absorbente de una chica que ha crecido demasido rápido mientras asume el precio de la libertad”.
     
    Me pregunto cómo se sentirá ser libre. No precisar de alas por no tener la necesidad de salir volando de su propio país.
     
    De la escritora Julia Álvarez, ganadora de varios premios, viene la historia de Anita de la Torre, una chica de doce años que vivió en la República Dominicana en el 1960. Muchos de sus parientes han inmigrado a los Estados Unidos, su tío Toni ha desaparecido, Papi ha estado recibiendo misteriosas llamadas telefónicas sobre mariposas, y de un tal Mr. Smith, y la policía secreta ha comenzado a aterrorizar a su familia por su supuesta oposición al dictador del país. Mientras Anita se enfrenta a estos sucesos misteriosos, también tiene que luchar por su adolescencia y su propio deseo de obtener su libertad. 

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    About Julia Alvarez

    Julia Alvarez is the author of the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Yo!. She has also published two poetry collections (Homecoming and The Other side/El… More about Julia Alvarez

    About Julia Alvarez

    Julia Alvarez is the author of the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Yo!. She has also published two poetry collections (Homecoming and The Other side/El… More about Julia Alvarez

    About Julia Alvarez

    Julia Alvarez is the author of the novels How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Yo!. She has also published two poetry collections (Homecoming and The Other side/El… More about Julia Alvarez

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Spanish Language Books

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Ember
    Mar 27, 2018 | 192 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780525579779

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Spanish Language Books

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Laurel Leaf
    Jul 07, 2010 | 192 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307576224

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Spanish Language Books

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 06, 2005 | 386 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739330975
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    “Alvarez proves as gifted at writing for adolescents as she is for adults. A stirring work of art.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred

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