Julia Alvarez

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Born in New York City in 1950, Julia Alvarez's parents returned to their native country, Dominican Republic, shortly after her birth. Ten years later, the family was forced to flee to the United States because of her father’s involvement in a plot to overthrow the dictator, Trujillo. Alvarez has written novels (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, ¡Yo!, In the Name of Salomé, Saving the World, Afterlife), collections of poems (Homecoming, The Other Side/ El Otro Lado, The Woman I Kept to Myself), nonfiction (Something to Declare, Once Upon A Quinceañera, and A Wedding in Haiti), and numerous books for young readers (including the Tía Lola Stories series, Before We Were Free, finding miracles, Return to Sender and Where Do They Go?). Alvarez’s awards include the Pura Belpré and Américas Awards for her books for young readers, the Hispanic Heritage Award, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award. In 2013, she received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama. Source: https://www.juliaalvarez.com/about

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How the García girls lost their accents
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In the Time of the Butterflies
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Afterlife
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Resistencia
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Yo!
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Finding Miracles
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Before We Were Free
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Antes de Ser Libres (Before We Were Free Spanish Edition)
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Antes de Ser Libre
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Finding Miracles
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Before We Were Free
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¿Dónde va a parar?
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Una boda en Haití
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A wedding in Haiti
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De Cmo Ta Lola Termin Empezando Otra Vez
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How Ta Lola Saved The Summer
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De Cmo Ta Lola Salv El Verano
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De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez (The Tia Lola Stories nº 4) (Spanish Edition)
Representative edition published 2012
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Social Justice Education
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How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
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How Tía Lola ended up starting over
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De Cmo La Ta Lola Aprendi A Ensear
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How Tia Lola learned to teach
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Return to sender
Representative edition published 2010
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