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Antes de Ser Libre (Before We Were Free) - Hardcover
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by Julia Alvarez (Author), Liliana Valenzuela (Translator)
Anita de la Torre nunca cuestiono su libertad viviendo en la Republica Dominicana. Pero al cumplir doce anos de edad en 1960, la mayoria de sus familiares han emigrado a Estados Unidos, su tio Toni ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro y la policia secreta del gobierno aterroriza a su familia restante dada su presunta oposicion 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 atras todo lo que alguna vez habia conocido. De la renombrada autora Julia Alvarez llega una historia inolvidable sobre la adolescencia, la perseverancia y la lucha de una nina por su libertad.Author Biography
Julia Alvarez es la autora galardonada de De como las muchachas Garcia perdieron el acento y En el tiempo de las mariposas. Sus muy elogiados libros para lectores jovenes incluyen Las huellas secretas, Un regalo de gracias, la serie de la tia Lola, En busca de milagros y Devolver al remitente. Alvarez ha recibido varios premios por sus obras, incluyendo el Pura Belpre Award y el Americas Award por sus libros infantiles, el Hispanic Heritage Award en Literatura y el F. Scott Fitzgerald Award por su Logro Destacado en la Literatura Americana. En 2013 fue premiada con la Medalla Nacional de las Artes de Estados Unidos por el presidente Obama. Es una escritora residente en Middlebury College y, junto con su esposo Bill Eichner, establecio Alta Gracia, un centro literario y finca sostenible de cafe en la Republica Dominicana.
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