Happy Thursday! #tbt features Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. This first-person historical fiction is set in the Dominican Republic in 1961. Twelve-year-old Anita lives a protected life within a compound with her large extended family. The country is ruled by a dictator, but Anita naively looks up to him. Then, whispers among the adults start and family members start disappearing-some for the U.S. and others mysteriously. Then Anita's tio and father are arrested and Anita and her mother have to hide in a closet at a friend's house before being spirited out of the country.
Before We Were Free was published in 2004 and won the Pura Belpré Award. The cover was updated in 2018. I have posted it below. which one do you prefer?
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