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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 flight to be free.
Premio Pura Belpré 2003.
Mejor Libro del Año para el Miami Herald.
Ganador del Américas Award para Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.
Premio ALA al Mejor Libro de Literatura Juvenil.
Libro Notable ALA.
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Tay Jin Chuan
reviewed Antes de ser libres (Before We Were Free) on February 12, 2012
Antes de ser libres (Before We Were Free)
This book was a solid "blah" for me. It wasn't that it was necessarily bad, it was just boring. Alvarez tried to make this book a heart-racing drama, but it just didn't cut it. Especially since Anita spent most of the book dealing with such average teenage problems, envying her sister, talking about puberty, and obsessing over her various crushes.
High Points.
Whenever there was actually some suspense...not very often. Trujillo's interest in her sister (unlikely, but actually quite grotesquely suspenseful). The title and cover.
Low Points.
Most of the book-the excessive dialogue and conversations that bored me to tears. Anything puberty related. Writing in a diary:
Dear Anita,
Writing depressingly in a diary in captivity is totally taken.
Sincerely, Anne Frank
Anita herself. I wanted to feel bad for her, but she was such a Mary-Sue, I just ended up wanting to yell at her to grow up already. Most of the other characters were too stereotypical: kind-hearted father, protective mother, obstinate yet comforting older sister, wise grandma, etc.
I think you'll like this book if you like Newbery honor books, like, say, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry. For me, it just didn't pass the sniff test.
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