Before we were free by Alvarez, Julia 

Paperback(Ember, 2018)

BTSB #: 055144 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 6.5 6-8 Lexile: 890

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leonidas,|d1891-1961 - Fiction Revolutions - Fiction Dominican Republic - History|y1930-1961 - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Islandborn by Diaz, Junot 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 276582 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 3.4 LG RC: 2.4 K-2 Lexile: 600 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Islands - Fiction Dominican Americans - Fiction School stories Immigrants - Fiction Dominican Republic - History|y1930-1961 - Fiction Africa - Emigration and immigration - Fiction

Summary: Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage.