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Julia Alvarez

March 27, 1950 -

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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  • Cover of: Old age ain't for sissies

    First published in 1979 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Homecoming: poems

    First published in 1984 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition homecomingnewcol00alva
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  • Cover of: How the García girls lost their accents

    First published in 1991 4 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition howgarcagirlsl00alvax Cover of edition howgarciagirlslo00alva
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    First published in 1992 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: De cómo las chicas García perdieron su acento

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In the time of the butterflies

    First published in 1994 16 editions in 3 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition isbn_8484001768 Cover of edition intimeofbutter00alva Cover of edition intimeofbutterfl000alva Cover of edition intimeofbutterfl0000alva_g4v2 Cover of edition eneltiempodelasm00juli
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    First published in 1995 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1996 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Yo!

    First published in 1997 8 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition yo00alva Cover of edition yoalva00alva Cover of edition yospanishedition00juli
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    First published in 1998 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Something to declare

    First published in 1998 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition somethingtodecla0000alva
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    First published in 1999 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Dominican Americans, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Families, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Family life, American literature, Fiction, historical, general, Family life, fiction, Literature, Vermont, fiction, Dominican americans, fiction, Dominican republic, fiction, Fiction, general, Great-aunts, History, Reading Level-Grade 10, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Reading Level-Grade 9, Sisters, fiction, Adoption, fiction, Divorce
Places
Dominican Republic, United States, Vermont, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, Cuba, Italy, London, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Verona, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, Central America, China, Eastern Europe, England, Haiti, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Owl Creek Bridge
People
Julia Alvarez, Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Camila Henríquez Ureña, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, Paris, Peter, Police Inspector Jones, Romeo Montague
Time
20th century, 1890, 1930-1961, 1692, 1861-1865, 19th century, 21st century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1861-65, December, Siglo XXI

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November 29, 2022 Edited by evapad added bio
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