Before We Were Free

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Before We Were Free is a young adult historical novel by Julia Alvarez that follows a Dominican girl coming of age under Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
novel
young adult novel
author Julia Alvarez
centralTheme courage
family
freedom
identity
political repression
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts life under dictatorship
resistance to authoritarian rule
educationalUse high school curriculum
middle school curriculum
follows coming-of-age of a Dominican girl
genre historical fiction
young adult fiction
hasFormat hardcover
paperback
hasSubject Dominican Republic history
Rafael Trujillo
intendedAudience young adults
literaryAward Pura Belpré Award
surface form: Pura Belpré Award Honor
mainCharacter Anita de la Torre
mediaType print
narrationType first-person narration
originalLanguage English
publisher Random House
settingLocation Dominican Republic
settingPeriod Trujillo dictatorship
surface form: Rafael Trujillo dictatorship

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Julia Alvarez notableWork Before We Were Free