Before We Were Free

I really enjoyed this book. I read it as a part of our class novel and it was very well written. The book referenced important historical figures such as the Butterfly sisters and El Jefe. The protagonist matured physically and socially throughout the book as she realized that the world she lived in......more

Wow...This is so amazing. A YA book about living under the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic.......more

did i read this just because it was short and i could fit it in before the month ended? maybe. but it’s poignant and compelling for the middle grade/younger readers, in the same way that Anne Frank’s diary was for me as a kid, telling the story of a girl in a world far more corrupted and unsafe and......more

Actual Rating: 4.5 stars Reread (September 2019): This book was just as hard-hitting and amazing the second time around. Definitely a must-read. April 2018: I really enjoyed this book! This book takes place in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s and gives insight into Trujillo’s dictatorship through the......more

These days, I haven’t been reading a lot except one book and it is The Shining but I already wrote about it. The only other book that I am reading besides that book is the school book, Before We Were Free. Even though it is a school book, I find it interesting with a great storyline and a lot of hin......more