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Clap when you land yahaira5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() In a dual narrative novel in verse that brims with both grief and love, award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. Separated by distance - and Papi's secrets - the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.Īnd then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. When their father dies in a plane crash they learn of each other for the first time. ![]() But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. Acevedo has created a fast-moving, absorbing verse novel which delves into the very different lives of half-sisters Camino and Yahaira. Yahaira lives in New York with her father. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND.Ĭamino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. ![]() The stunning New York Times bestselling novel from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning, Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. ![]()
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