Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo
The stunning new novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning author of THE POET X
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people…
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.
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.
And then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.
Reviews
Camino and Yahaira live on different sides of the world, Yahaira in New York and Camino in the Dominican Republic. Every summer, Yahaira's father leaves her for Camino. And Caminos father left her for her entire life. They have the same father. As I read this book, I felt as if I knew the characters, I could feel the grief and the pain as I discover Papi's death. The wonder and not as two sisters find each other. The hardship of bottling it all up inside. I could feel the sand under my toes, see the balcony in the tower. It was brilliantly written, elegant and moving. I would definitely recommend.
Director Birthday-cake Pudding-Basin 12.09.2023
Amazing. Elegant poems describe the events with surprising reality.
Detective Pongo Pineapple 12.03.2022
A beautiful book!
Anonymous 07.07.2020
