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 peopleโฆ
In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principalโs office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.
Separated by distanceโand Papiโs secretsโthe 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 theyโve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.ย
Great for summer reading or anytime! Clap When You Land is aย Todayย show pick for โ25 childrenโs books your kids and teens wonโt be able to put down this summer!"
Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X and With the Fire on High!
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young Peopleโs Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belprรฉ Award, the Carnegie medal, the Boston GlobeโHorn Book Award, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of With the Fire on Highโwhich was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journalโand Clap When You Land, which was a Boston GlobeโHorn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writerโs Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her loves.