- Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
- Year Published: 2002
- Description: 167 p.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 890
ISBN/Standard Number
- 044023784X
- 0375915443
- 0375815449
Subjects
- Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, -- 1891-1961 -- Fiction.
- Family -- Fiction. -- Dominican Republic
- Revolutions -- Fiction.
- Dominican Republic -- Fiction. -- History -- 1930-1961
- Dominican Republic -- Fiction.
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In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
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