Antes de ser libres / Before We Were Free (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Antes de ser libres / Before We Were Free (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Julia Alvarez
Antes de ser libres / Before We Were Free (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Antes de ser libres / Before We Were Free (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Julia Alvarez

Hardcover(Library Binding - THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY)

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Overview

In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780606412216
Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date: 04/03/2019
Edition description: THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Language: Spanish
Age Range: 13 - 17 Years

About the Author

About The Author
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.

Hometown:

Middlebury, Vermont

Date of Birth:

March 27, 1950

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., Middlebury College, 1971; M.F.A., Syracuse University, 1975
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