Alvarez, Julia, <br/><br/>
Before we were free / 
Julia Alvarez. 
 - First Ember edition. 
 - 179 pages :  maps ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, New York, in 2002. 
<br/><br/>The eraser in the shape of the Dominican Republic -- Shhh! -- Secret Santas -- Disappeared diary -- Mr. Smith -- Operation maid -- Lying policemen -- Almost free -- Night flight -- Anita's diary -- Freedom cry -- Snow butterflies -- Author's note. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Belpré Medal, 2004. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0399555498 9780375815447 (trade) 9780399555497 (pbk.) 9780375915444 (lib. bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018285695 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961 --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961 --Fiction.<br/>Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--Dominican Republic--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Family life--Dominican Republic--Fiction.<br/>Revolutions--Fiction.<br/>Families.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Fiction.<br/>Dominican Republic--Fiction.<br/>Dominican Republic.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fiction.<br/>History.<br/>Juvenile works.
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>82-34