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Before We Were Free

by Julia Alvarez

Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 740L · 2007

Why we'd hand it over

The most honest middle-grade novel about dictatorship and exile — Alvarez trusts kids to handle real fear and moral complexity without softening either.

Where to get it

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Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (ages 10–14) — ChapterScout