In the Time of the Butterflies Resources

Julia Alvarez's website.

An awesome lesson page on the novel.

A timeline of Dominican history.

Watch Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos in the big-screen version of the novel.

Dedé, the surviving sister, finally passed away in February 2014.

A print interview with the author.

Interview with Julia Alvarez when she won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award.

A documentary on the Mirabal sisters.

An interview with Trujillo.

If you need some guidance, listen to this audio guide to the novel.

Listen to Julia Alvarez talk about what it means to have a quinceañera.

The author, Julia Alvarez.

The movie poster for In the Time of the Butterflies.

The Mirabal sisters.

Here's what the book looks like, in case you forgot.