Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo
- In
- a
- novel-in-verse
- that
- brims
- with
- grief
- and
- love,
- National
- Book
- Award-winning
- and
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- Elizabeth
- Acevedo
- writes
- about
- the
- devastation
- of
- loss,
- the
- difficulty
- of
- forgiveness,
- and
- the
- bittersweet
- bonds
- that
- shape
- our
- lives.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.Great
- for
- summer
- reading
- or
- anytime!
- Clap
- When
- You
- Land
- is
- aTodayshow
- pick
- for
- “25
- children’s
- books
- your
- kids
- and
- teens
- won’t
- be
- able
- to
- put
- down
- this
- summer!"Plus
- don't
- miss
- Elizabeth
- Acevedo's
- The
- Poet
- X
- and
- With
- the
- Fire
- on High!
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