Before We Were Free
$20.52
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2018
Summary
A new paperback edition of Julia Alvarez’s beloved Pura Belpre winner about life in Trujillo’s Dominican Republic.
PURE BELPR AWARD WINNER ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free while living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of a dictato…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780399555497 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0399555498 |
| Author: | Julia Alvarez |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 139mm |
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About The Author
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez is the award-winning author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies. Her highly acclaimed books for young readers include The Secret Footprints, A Gift of Gracias, the Tia Lola series, Finding Miracles, and Return to Sender. Alvarez has won numerous awards for her work, including the Pura Belpre and Americas awards for her children’s books, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature. In 2013, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama. She is currently a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and, together with her husband, Bill Eichner, established Alta Gracia, a sustainable coffee farm/literacy center in the Dominican Republic.
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