Antes De Ser Libres / Before We Were Free

from rampeygirl

Ms. Alvarez does a wonderful job of re-creating the story that she lived through. The tone she gives the character Anita is one of uncertainty but bravery. She portrays a young teenager who is learning how to be an adult during a critical time. Ms. Alvarez conveyed the message, that fighting for ...

from mcrotti

Before We Were Free is the story of Anita, a twelve year old girl growing up in the Dominican Republic under the Trujillo regime. She struggles to retain some semblance of normal girlhood as her family is torn apart by the underground revolution. When her life is threatened, she goes into hiding,...

from brangwinn

The more I travel the more I appreciate young adult fiction to help me understand historical backgrounds of countries. I am the same age as Anita de la Torre, but her perspective is so different than mine. Growing up in the Dominican Republic, having both her father and her uncle murdered by the ...

from BookConcierge

This little volume explores how Anita (12 going on womanhood) feels as her family struggles to survive the revolution to overthrow the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. Her view is simplistic and focused on the realities of her familial experience - colored with the emotion of first love...

from VikkiLaw

Alvarez readers, see question below spoiler alert: I thought that Before We Were Free ended with a chapter in Chucha's voice, but I got to the end and it was all Anita's voice. Is there a different Alvarez novel that ends with Chucha's point-of-view or am I simply misremembering?