Antes de ser libresAntes de ser libres
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Downloadable Audiobook, 2007
Current format, Downloadable Audiobook, 2007, Unabridged, Available .Downloadable Audiobook, 2007
Current format, Downloadable Audiobook, 2007, Unabridged, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsNow available in Spanish, the book Horn Book called "a realistic and compelling account of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom." I wonder what it would be like to be free? Not to need wings because you don't have to fly away from your country?From award-winning author Julia Alvarez comes the story of Anita de la Torre, a 12-year-old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her TiÌo Toni has disappeared, Papi has been getting mysterious phone calls about butterflies and someone named Mr. Smith, and the secret police have started terrorizing her family for their suspected opposition to the country's dictator. While Anita deals with a frightening series of events, she also struggles with her adolescence and her own personal fight to be free._____________________________________Ahora disponible en espanÌol, el libro que Horn Book ha descrito como "una historia realista y absorbente de una chica que ha crecido demasido raÌpido mientras asume el precio de la libertad". Me pregunto coÌmo se sentiraÌ ser libre. No precisar de alas por no tener la necesidad de salir volando de su propio paiÌs. De la escritora Julia AÌlvarez, ganadora de varios premios, viene la historia de Anita de la Torre, una chica de doce anÌos que vivioÌ en la RepuÌblica Dominicana en el 1960. Muchos de sus parientes han inmigrado a los Estados Unidos, su tiÌo Toni ha desaparecido, Papi ha estado recibiendo misteriosas llamadas telefoÌnicas sobre mariposas, y de un tal Mr. Smith, y la policiÌa secreta ha comenzado a aterrorizar a su familia por su supuesta oposicioÌn al dictador del paiÌs. Mientras Anita se enfrenta a estos sucesos misteriosos, tambieÌn tiene que luchar por su adolescencia y su propio deseo de obtener su libertad.
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- New York : Listening Library (Audio), 2007.
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