Clap When You Land
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4.3 • 15 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
The stunning New York Times bestselling novel from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning, Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND.
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.
Customer Reviews
My honest opinion…
The ratings look really good but I didn’t find the book gripping. I was quarter way and had to stop. This might just be me but I felt like it didn’t have any memorable parts, like if a book had a scene of someone being drunk, the main thing you remember. It might be because I didn’t read into it enough but I skipped to the end so I wouldn’t be wasting my time on a book. I still think it’s not my cupa tea though.