The stunning New York Times bestselling novel from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning and Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted 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.
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.
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo is the first book that I've ever read that was written in verse and I don't think I really like this writing style unfortunately, but we all learn from experience! I found this book quite tedious to read as it felt like things were happening but at the same time nothing was happening? And for the first 75% of the book I was actually really confused about which character was which, that might just have been me being a bit dumb though. I found it difficult to read and downloaded the audiobook as a companion to get through this book, and I found the audiobook to be a lot more entertaining than reading the book for myself as the two main characters were narrated by different people and it made the book a lot clearer for me.
I thought the concept of Clap When You Land was really interesting, that it was loosely based on a true event and wanted to highlight this event due to history covering it up and Elizabeth Acevedo definitely did that.
Overall, I'm rating Clap When You Land, three out of five stars as it was a good book, I just didn't love it.
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