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Author: Julia Alvarez

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Anita - 12 year old girl

Papi & Mami - Anita's Dad & Mom
Tio Toni - Anita's Uncle
Mundin - Anita's brother
Lucinda - Anita's sister
Chucha - Nanny/Maid
Garcia Family - Anita's Aunt, Uncle and cousins
El Jefe - Dictator
SIM - Secret Police who work for El Jefe
Mr. Washam - Head of US Embassy
Sam - Mr. Washam's son
Mr.&Mrs. Mancini - Friends of the fam

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El Jefe Trujillo was the dictator

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Compound where Anitas family was living 

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Compound where Anitas family was living 

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Anita as well as her grandparent and many of her cousins, aunts, uncles, and family lived in a compound.

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Anita and her cousin are in the same class at school. One day her cousin is told to pack up all of her belongings and leave.

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One day Anita sees several black Volkswagen's and men with dark sunglasses come out. They ask if they know were Tio is and they search everywhere around the house, looking under beds, closets, etc.

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After the school incident, Anita's cousins are getting on a flight and going to NYC. They are leaving because Tio Toni was planning to assassinate El Jefe and the SIM is trying to capture him.

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Anita and Sam tell Chucha they saw someone in Tio Toni's house.  She tells her to be quiet as he appears. The family thinks SIM has bugged their house and tries to watch what they say. When Tio Tony return

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Mr. Washburn, the US Embassy consulate and his wife, son Sam and daughter move into the Garcia's house on the compound. Anita has a crush on Sam. When Mr Washburn they were wanting to keep Anita and her family safe and the SIM is trying to get Anita and her family. Anita is wanting to

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Mr.&Mrs. Washam throw their daughter, a 15th birthday party. Before the party Papi, Tio Toni and other men are having a meeting at the house. El Jefe unexpectedly arrives at the party and Anita has to warn her Papi but doesn't know why. The next day, El Jefe (Mr.Smith) sends Lucinda flowers. Mr. Washam arranges for Lucinda to go to Washington so Mr. Smith stays away from her. Not long after Mrs. Washam and her kids go to the US.

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Mr. Washburn tells Papi he can't get any more stuff and Papi isn't pleased. Later Mr. Washburn leaves the compound for the US after delivering some guns. One night a bunch of cars come up the driveway honking their horns. Papi, Tio Toni were with them. Everyone seemed excited until they couldn't find Pupo who was suppose to break the news that El Jefe had been assassinated. Everyone is now worried. The next morning SIM raids the house and finds El Jefe dead in Papi's car trunk. They take Papi and Tio Toni away.

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Mr. Mancini takes Mami and Anita to his house and hides them in his and Mrs. Mancini's bedroom closet from SIM. They live out of the closet for almost 2 months before they are secretly rescued and sent to the US to join the rest of their family in New York.

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Anita gets to pick one item for a Christmas gift and she picks a Diary over jewelry. She writes in her diary a lot but has to erase it in case SIM gets it and reads it.

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Papi, Tio Toni and several men meet at their house often. Anita can hear them outside her window but can't piece everything together.  They are wanting to get rid of their family as well as Anita. Anita is trying to hide her uncle from the SIM.

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The family had been told Papi and Tio Toni were alive under the leadership of El Jefe's son but awhile later when the pressure was put on El Jefe's son he ended up killing the prisoners that killed his father. Mr. Washburn delivered the bad news to Anita and their family.

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Anita is happy to be free from El Jefe's dictatorship but hopes to some day go back to Dominican Republic. She thinks about how her Papi and Tio Toni paid the ultimate price of death so everyone could have freedom.  Chucha had once told Anita that she could see her, Mami and Mundin flying high like butterflies, which symbolized their freedom.