Book
Before We Were Free
- Published
- 2002
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 176
- Words
- 48212
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.6
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 890L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
In the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s, twelve-year-old Anita discovers that her family is involved in the underground resistance against dictator Rafael Trujillo.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780375815447
- ISBN-10
- 0375815449
Tags
ALSC NotablesCommunity Life-PoliticsHistorical FictionHistory-1960sHistory-Misc./OtherInterpersonal Relationships-FamilyPeople-ChildrenSocial Issues-Freedoms